title: Advanced central venous access. Selection, catheters, devices, and nursing management.
abstract: The increased need for intravascular access in the care of a variety of patients is, in part, responsible for the diversity of central venous access devices. Various nontunneled catheters, tunneled catheters and implantable ports are available on the health care market. As the availability of these devices increases, so must the nurse's knowledge base in order to provide optimal safe care to patients using different devices. Learning which device is best suited for each patient and which has the fewest known complications can be a tedious process for the nurse specialized in venous access care.
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authors.lastname: Camp-Sorrell
mesh_terms: D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000451:nursing; D006801:Humans; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010353:Patient Education as Topic