Highlights

Here are some highlights for this micro-credential:

  • No admission requirements, no application process, no pre-requisites, open to anyone

  • Learn at your own pace using a computer, tablet, or smartphone

  • Text length of individual points can be shorter or longer depending on your needs

  • Take up to 90 days to complete this short course

  • Receive a Sault College certificate of completion and digital badge for successfully completing the course which can be shared on social media, downloaded as a PDF, or embedded in an email signature

Course Description

The 5-hour short course on Central Venous Access Devices (CVAD) provides healthcare professionals with comprehensive knowledge of the safe and effective use of CVADs. 

This course covers a wide range of topics, including the indications for CVAD placement, the different types of CVADs, their similarities and differences, the Groshong®️ valve function, and much more.

Learners who successfully complete the course will earn a digital badge and certificate of course completion that can be downloaded and shared via social media. 

You will have access to the course for 90 days to work through the content.


Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this micro-credential, you should be able to:

  • Discuss the most common causes of PICC line occlusions

  • Identify the complications that can occur with the care and maintenance of the PICC line

  • Identify the steps required for the care and maintenance of the PICC Line

  • Identify how the risk of infection can be decreased for the client with a PICC line

  • Review the manifestations of a venous air embolism

  • Determine treatment strategies and options for various client scenarios, including patients with autism, patients with fragile skin, and patients with Phlebitis

  • Develop appropriate treatment strategies to support patients with autism, patients with fragile skin and patients with Phlebitis

  • Discuss what you would do as a healthcare professional using various patient-based scenarios

Course curriculum

    1. Land Acknowledgement

    2. Introduction from Sault College's eLearning Department

    3. Before we begin...

    4. What is asynchronous online self-directed learning?

    5. Learner Resources and Supports

    6. Technology Requirements

    7. Privacy and Accessibility Policies

    8. Navigation

    9. Learner Introductions

    10. Discussion Forum: Learner Engagement

    11. Technical Discussion Forum

    12. Frequently Asked Questions

    13. Help & Contact Information

    1. Welcome and Micro-credential Information

    2. Micro-credential Overview

    3. Learning Outcomes & Goals

    4. Modes of Learning

    1. Central Venous Access Device (CVAD)

    2. Discussion Forum One: Delivering Nutrients & Older Patient

    3. Discussion Forum Two: Discolouration and Pus

    4. Discussion Forum Three: Reflection

    1. Before you go...

    2. You're Almost Done

About this course

  • $249.99
  • 23 lessons