Central Line Care and Maintenance
Everything You Need to Know About Central Line Care
Online self-directed course for nurses and health care professionals that care for central lines. Course includes care and maintenance of central line venous access devices such as tunneled (Hickmans, Broviacs), non-tunneled (a.k.a. percutaneously placed or triple lumens), PICC lines, and totally implanted ports (PortAcaths, PasPorts).
Your Instructor
Alice Cennamo has been teaching vascular access and infusion classes with PICC Resource Associates, LLC since 2003. She is a nurse educator and a board certified specialist in vascular access and infusion therapy. Education: Alice earned a master degree in nursing education from Sacred Heart University of Fairfield, Connecticut. Certifications: CRNI (Infusion Nurse Specialist) by the Infusion Nurses Certification Corporation (more about CRNIs- click here), and VA-BC (vascular access specialist) by the Vascular Access Certification Corporation (more about the VA-BC credential- click here). Activities: Alice is an active member of the Infusion Nurses Society (INS) and the Association of Vascular Access, and she has previously held multiple positions with the Connecticut INS Chapter including past president, membership chair, internet chair, and board member.