Episode 225: Central Line Dressing Changes: Get It Right the First Time

<p>“Really knowing these steps can save our own nursing time and save our patient’s skin from all the dressing removals. If we’re not doing these dressings as much, we’re all going to be happier,” MiKaela Olsen, DNP, APRN-CNS, AOCNS®, FAAN, clinical program director in oncology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Health System in Baltimore, MD, told Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, during a discussion on the importance of properly changing central line dressings and recommendations in practice. You can earn free NCPD contact hours after listening to this episode by completing the evaluation linked below.</p> <p>Music Credit: "<a href="http://www.incompetech.com/">Fireflies and Stardust</a>" by Kevin MacLeod</p> <p>Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0</p> <p>Earn 0.5 contact hours of nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) by listening to the full recording and completing an evaluation at myoutcomes.ons.org by September 16, 2024. The planners and faculty for this episode have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. ONS is accredited as a provider of NCPD by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.</p> <p><strong>Episode Notes</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href= "https://courses.ons.org/diweb/gateway/init/1/f/catalog*2Fitem*2Feid*2FP468"> Complete this evaluation for free NCPD</a>.</li> <li><em>Oncology Nursing Podcast</em> episodes: <ul> <li><a href= "https://www.ons.org/podcasts/episode-162-what-nurses-need-know-about-central-lines-and-ports"> Episode 162: What Nurses Need to Know About Central Lines and Ports</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.ons.org/podcasts/episode-218-central-venous-catheters-heparin-harms-and-recommendations-flushing"> Episode 218: Central Venous Catheters: Heparin Harms and Recommendations for Flushing</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><em>ONS Voice</em> articles: <ul> <li><a href= "https://voice.ons.org/conferences/in-the-absence-of-standard-guidelines-here-are-the-reco