Supporting clinical competency in managing peripherally inserted central catheters during the COVID-19 pandemic: an education evaluation.

Introduction: Hospitals had to create new practices and training due to the severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic. An increase in patient acuity and the need for peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC) across the hospital required an urban community hospital to educate and support in-patient nurses to manage PICCs in acute and complex care units. Traditionally, these skills were performed by specialized registered nurses (RNs) from the Vascular Access Team (VAT).

Cross-Training Nurses to Support an Intensive Care Unit during a Pandemic: An Urban Community Hospital Experience.

Hospitals had to create new practices, training programs and roles due to the COVID-19 pandemic. An urban community hospital enacted written policies to cross-train nurses for supporting patients in an intensive care setting. This paper shares the planning, implementation, evaluation and revision of a support nurse training for a teambased intensive care unit model.