GulfVAN

Florida Gulf Coast Vascular Access Network

 

Events

Upcoming events

    • 10 May 2025
    • 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
    • Tampa General Hospital-People's Development Institute building, 39 Columbia Drive, Tampa 33606
    Register


    Please join us for our all-day seminar titled

    Elevating Excellence

    Speaker line up:

    1. One Nurse, One Petition, One Step Closer to CVC Practice in Florida

    Connie Girgenti, MSN, RN, VA-BC

    **Stay tuned! We are working on a petition to the Board for this event & are trying to connect with a legislator. Time to get CVC insertion in Florida! We will need your support!**

    Sponsor: GulfVAN

    2. What’s Beneath The Sheath:

    Minimizing Risk and Liability for Ultrasound Probe Usage

    Russ Nassof, JD

    Sponsor: CIVCO

    3. Imaging in Vascular Access: How and When to Use It

    Gail Egan, MS, ANP-C, FSIR

    Sponsor: GulfVAN

    4. Vascular Access and the Femoral Approach Throughout the Lifespan

    Matt Ostroff, AGACNP, RN, VA-BC

    Sponsor: Access Vascular

    5. Advanced Principles in Vascular Access (AI topic)

    Dennis Woo, RN AKA "The Vascular Guy" from Tik Tok

    Sponsor: Venocare, Inc and Intracav AI

    6. Protecting Vessel Health: Reducing the Impact of Complications Using Best Practices and Catheter Materials

    Eddie Korycka, MSN, RN, VA-BC

    Sponsor: Access Vascular


    6 CEUs will be awarded at the end of the seminar

    CE Broker tracking #20-1296431

    Come and meet The Vascular Guy from TikTok! See link below

    https://youtu.be/w5vXov5pktU?si=8m1GQYS1y2zYydZX

    German is BACK! Come sit in his massage chair while you learn!

    GulfVAN plans to celebrate YOU during this event! We will have many door prizes, chair massages, a raffle, and give-aways to nurture your nursing soul!

    GulfVAN is paying the honorarium for some speakers and we need your support! Please join us on May 10th, 2025.

    Thank you!

    *Parking: there is a paved parking lot at the People's Development Institute that is FREE :) (no need to go in TGH's parking garage) We will put out blue balloons on the day of the event.

    Breakfast at 0730-0800: pending

    Lunch: pending

    Dessert, drinks, and snacks provided

    Evaluations and CEUs will be provided electronically


Past events

08 Apr 2025 Hospital Onset Bacteremia: The Role of the Vascular Access Specialist
13 Mar 2025 Implementing Evidence-Based Practice Changes and Making Them Sticky
11 Dec 2024 Vain vs. Vein: The Best Practice Game Show
26 Oct 2024 Ultrasound Guided Peripheral IV Workshop
26 Oct 2024 Peripheral IV Insertion Workshop
29 Aug 2024 More Than Just the Median Nerve: Ultrasound Review of the Relevant Nerves of the Upper Extremity
13 Aug 2024 Preventing Peripheral Intravenous Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections: A Bundle Approach
01 May 2024 Reaching for the Stars: Is Vascular Access Device Infection Prevention Out of Our Grasp?
09 Apr 2024 Review of New 2024 INS Standards
06 Feb 2024 Partnering with Patients: Promoting a Culture of Safety
12 Dec 2023 Clinically Indicated – Are you Protecting your VAD’s from IV Related Complications?
09 Sep 2023 Stop Sticking it to Them: Improving First Stick Success and Reducing Hospital-Onset Bacteremia and MRSA Lab ID Events Using Data Analytics
20 May 2023 Vascular Access Summit- Rising to the Occasion
21 Feb 2023 Looking Down the Line: When a Clinician Sees with Patient Eyes
03 Nov 2022 The D.I.P.P.E.R. Study (Dislodgement, Infiltration, Phlebitis, Prevention Eliminating PIV Restarts): A Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating a Novel Force-Activated Separation Device (FASD)
11 Oct 2022 Update on Hazardous Drug Safety and USP <800>
23 Aug 2022 Advances in Blood Culture Practice with Diagnostic and Antimicrobial Stewardship
05 May 2022 Legal Aspects of Infusion Therapy
23 Feb 2022 Pathway to Patency
08 Dec 2021 Virtual Vascular Victories from AVASM21
26 Aug 2021 Mitigating the Risk of Extravasation with Power Injection
13 May 2021 Tissue Adhesive for Vascular Access Devices: A New Standard of Care for Improved Outcomes
15 Apr 2021 Infusion Risks Related To Venous Ports
18 Mar 2021 Redefining Work-Life Balance During COVID
04 Feb 2021 Best Practice Reprocessing for Ultrasound
03 Dec 2020 The History and Science of Silver in Managing Infections in the Vascular Access Specialty
10 Nov 2020 18 Months of Sticking To It: Dedicated Team Site Care Using Gum Mastic Adhesive for Vascular Access Dressing Adherence
15 Oct 2020 Pain Control with Vascular Access
30 Sep 2020 Precautions and PPE Considerations for Vascular Access During COVID-19
10 Sep 2020 Using Data to Drive Outcomes: The Key to Personalized Vascular Access Care
05 Aug 2020 The Future of Infiltration Management is Now!
30 Mar 2020 My Line is My Life Line CANCELLED!
06 Feb 2020 Gain Confidence with Intraosseous Access
03 Dec 2019 Great Stories from National AVA
14 Aug 2019 Selective Blindness and Peripheral IVs: Where Complications are Commonplace
11 Jul 2019 Reducing Venous Depletion with Seldinger Technique Extended Dwell PIV
25 May 2019 Ultrasound Guided Peripheral Vascular Access Simulation Workshop
02 Feb 2019 The Power of One- Inaugural Vascular Access Summit
15 Jan 2019 Reviewing Approaches to Blood Draw
24 Oct 2018 Addressing the Dressing: Improving Dressing Disruption in Vascular Access (Webinar!)
22 Aug 2018 FREE Live webinar
19 Jul 2018 Infusion Therapy at the End of Life
08 May 2018 Rule Breaker: Overcoming Vascular Access Complexities
08 Mar 2018 Tissue Adhesive for Vascular Access
16 Jan 2018 Understanding & Preventing Difficult Peripheral Venous Access (DPVA)
02 Nov 2017 What My PICC Line Means to Me:Understanding the Patient Perspective of Long Term Vascular Access Care and Management
09 Aug 2017 Midlines: From the Infection Prevention Side of the Table
26 Apr 2017 Needlefree Connectors: Clinical Evidence that Demands a Verdict!
17 Jan 2017 Healthcare in the USA: What Clinicians Need to Know!
02 Nov 2016 The Importance of CVAD Care and Maintenance
18 Aug 2016 Community Care in Vascular Access: The New Standard in Vascular Access
07 May 2016 Ultrasound Guided CVC Insertions: Compliance Within Practice
07 Mar 2016 Clinical Update: Risk of Particulate Contamination in Infusion Therapy
19 Jan 2016 Peripheral Vision by Matt Ostroff
05 Nov 2015 Splatter Matters – Blood Exposure Risks you may not have Considered
15 Oct 2015 Where Do We Go From Here? The Future of Vascular Access
11 Jun 2015 Neonatal PICC Insertion Class
05 May 2015 Bringing The Periphery Into Focus: Risks Associated With Peripheral IVs
09 Apr 2015 Part Two: IV Fluid Transfer Issues: Infection Management & Hazardous Drug Handling
27 Jan 2015 Modern Vascular Access: A Team Sport
18 Nov 2014 AVA National 2014 Round Up!
01 Oct 2014 Specializing in Vascular Access Through Graduate Nursing Education: A Professional Imperative
26 Jun 2014 Placement of Central Venous Catheters in the Internal Jugular Vein by Vascular Access Nurse Specialists
10 May 2014 VA-BC Review Program
09 Apr 2014 CVAD Securement- Strategies to Improve Outcomes
21 Jan 2014 Point of Care IV Fluid Transfer Issues: Infection Management & Hazardous Drug Handling

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