Britt Meyer PhD RN CRNI VA-BC NEA-BC

It is my earnest desire to consistently foster a global environment of exemplary evidence based clinical practice by providing authentic organizational leadership, research, teaching, and mentoring relevant to the bedside clinician.

Self-motivated Operations Manager successful in collaborating with consultants, area leaders and employees to streamline and strengthen processes and control costs. Highly organized and detailed collaborator with solid record of accomplishment in meeting and exceeding business targets. In-depth knowledge of operational and budget management techniques.

American Nurses Association (ANA) House of Delegates Seat 2013 as an Organizational Affiliate Infusion Nurses Society (INS)

Triangle INS chapter

Association for Vascular Access (AVA)

American Nurses Association (ANA)

Sigma Theta Tau

Southern Nursing Research Society (SNRS)

North Cary Baptist Church

• Children’s Church Director 2004-2014.
• Celebrate Recovery Director 2005-2015

North Carolina Baptist Men Disaster Relief

• Gulfport Missions Team Member 2007

North Carolina Moldova Partnership Medical Missions

• Co- Team mission planner and member 2012 and 2013

Harvest Church- Deacon 2016- present

STEPS Program Director

Infusion Nurse Certification INCC 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2022

Vascular Access Board Certification VACC 2011, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2022

Nurse Executive Certification ANA- 2013,2018, 2022

Nurse Executive Advanced Certification ANA- 2023

Meyer, B. (2009, May). Performance improvement for the infusion professional. Presentation at the Infusion Nurses Society Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN.

Meyer, B. (2009, November). Implementing and maintaining an infusion alliance in all healthcare settings. Presentation at the National Academy of Infusion Nursing, Jacksonville, FLA.

Meyer, B. (2011, January). Managing catheter related thrombosis risk. Presentation at NDNQI, Miami, Florida.

Meyer, B. (2011, November). Catheter related DVT. Presented at the National Academy of Infusion Nursing, Los Angeles, California.

Meyer, B. (2012, May). Managing catheter related thrombosis risk. Infusion Nurses Society Triangle Chapter Fall Seminar, Durham, N.C.

Meyer, B. (2013, October).Case studies of complicated access. Infusion Nurses Society Triangle Chapter Seminar, Durham, N.C.

Meyer, B. (2014, October). Infusion Nurses Society Triangle Chapter Seminar, Using the internal jugular vein to insert central lines, process and complications. Durham, N.C.

Meyer, B. (2015, October). Do you have an infusion team and is it working? Presented at Infusion Nurses Society Triangle Chapter Seminar, Durham, N.C.

Meyer, B. (2016, May). Evaluating power injectable midlines to reduce unnecessary central line utilization. Poster presented at the Infusion Nurses Society Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale Florida.

Meyer, B. (2016, February). INS standards of Practice. Presented at the ENCAVA winter symposium, Raleigh, N.C.

Meyer, B. (2016, November). Salvage, exchange or remove: Exploring choices for the treatment of CLABSI. Presented at the Infusion Nurses Society Fall Meeting. Cincinnati, OH.

Meyer, B. (2017, November). VTE reduction: Understanding the Patient Perspective. Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Partnership for Patients Webinar.

Meyer, B. (2017, November). Talking in Vein. Infusion Nurses Society Podcast.

Meyer, B. (2017, July) CLABSI Prevention. Presented at the Chinese National Nurses Society Meetings. Beijing China.

Meyer, B. (2018, April). CLABSI Prevention. Presented at the North Carolina Infusion Nurses Society annual seminar. Charlotte, N.C.

Meyer, B. (2018, May). LIVE with infusion nurse experts. Infusion Nurses Society annual meeting. Cleveland OH.

Meyer, B. (2018, July) Dialysis catheter care and maintenance. Presented at the Chinese National Renal Nurses Association Meeting. Hong Kong.

Meyer, B. (2019, November). Why all the interest in midline catheters? Presented at the INS National Academy of Infusion Nursing. San Diego, California.

Meyer, B. (2020, October). Infusate challenges: Infiltration, Extravasation and Phlebitis. Presented at the INS Annual Meeting.

Meyer, B. (2021, August) Impact and Clinical Practice Recommendations to Prevent Catheter Related Blood Stream Infections. Webinar presented to the Australian and Chinese Nurses Associations.

Meyer, B. (2021, September). Implanted Vascular Access Port Complications. Presented at the INS Annual Meeting. Las Vegas Nevada.

Meyer, B. (2021, November) Midline Catheters: New tools or old news? Presented at the University of Michigan Safety Consortium Meeting.

Meyer, B. (2022, October) Standardization of Peripheral IV catheter management and PIV-BSI Prevention. Presented at the Association of Vascular Access meeting. Minneapolis MN.

Meyer, B. (2023, April) CVAD care and maintenance using a stepwise quality framework. Presented at the 50th Annual meeting of the Hong Kong Haemotology  Society.

Meyer, B ( 2023, April) Risk factors for peripheral intravenous catheter failure in the care of patients with cancer. 3M Health Care Academy Webinar.

Meyer, B. (2010). Implementing and maintaining an infusion alliance. JIN; 34(5).309-313.

Meyer, B. (2011). Managing catheter related thrombosis risk: A Guide to clinical best practice. JAVA; 16(3).144-

147.

Meyer, B. (2012). An alternative workflow model for PICC placement. JIN; 35(1).34-41.

Stone, P., Meyer, B. et al. (2013). Ultrasound guided peripheral IV access: Guidelines for practice. American Nurse Today; 8(8).23-33.

Meyer, B. (2013). Presidential address. Journal of Infusion Nursing; 36(4).251-252.

Meyer, B. (2014). INS state of the society. JIN; 37(4). 234-237.

Meyer, B.M. (2014). Broadening infusion specialization as an adjunct to organizational sustainability. JIN; 37(1).

44-54.

President’s messages 2013-2014. Newsline -publication of the Infusion Nurses Society.

Dalton, K., Aucoin, J., Meyer, B. (2015). Obtaining Coagulation Blood Samples from Central Venous Access Devices: What Does the Literature Say? Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 19(4).418-423.

Meyer, B., Chopra, V. (2015) Moving the needle forward: The imperative for collaboration in vascular access. JIN; 38(2).100-102.

Meyer, B. (2016). Understanding the patient experience of peripherally inserted central catheter related deep vein thrombosis using phenomenology. Doctoral dissertation. Proquest Dissertation Publishing. 10129028.

Gorski, L., Hadaway, L., Hagle, M., McGoldrick, M., Meyer, B. Orr, M. (2016). Policies and procedures for infusion nursing. 5th ed. Infusion Nurses Society. ISBN978-09965948-0-6.

Meyer B. (2016). Understanding the patient experience of PICC related DVT using interpretive phenomenology. JIN- 40(5); 287-296.

Krein, S.L., Chopra, V., Meyer , B. (2016). Peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs): Some whys and hows. ADVANCE for Nurses Continuing Education. https://www.elitecme.com/nursing/courses/peripherally-inserted-central-catheters-%28piccs%29%3a-some-whys-and-hows/

Chopra, V., Kuhn, L., Vaughn, V., Ratz, D., Winter, S., Moureau, N., Meyer, B., Krein, S. (2017). Does certification in vascular access matter? An analysis of the PICC 1 survey. American Journal of Nursing. 117(12).

Ryder M, Gunther RA, Nishikawa R Parker A, Stranz M, Meyer B, Spangler TA,… Parker A. Investigation of the role of infusate properties related to midline catheter failure in the ovine model. AJHP. (2020). 77(16); 1336-1346.

Meyer, B. (2020). Making the most of midlines: A retrospective review of outcomes. JIN. 43(6); 344-350.

Meyer, B., Bernt, D., Biscossi, M., Eld, M., Gillette-Kent, G., Mallone, A., Wuerz, L. (2020). Vascular access device care and management: A comprehensive organizational approach. JIN. 43(5); 246-254.

Gorski, L., Hadaway, L., Hagle, M., Broadhurst, D., Clare, S., Kleidon, T., Meyer, B., Nickel, B., Rowley, S., Sharpe, E., Alexander, M., Infusion therapy standards of practice. 8th ED. (2021). JIN. 44(1S); s1-s224.

Engel, J., Meyer, B. M., McNeil, G. A., Hicks, T., Bhandari, K., Hatch, D., Granger, B. B., & Reynolds, S. S. (2022). A Quality Improvement Project to Decrease CLABSIs in Non-ICU Settings. Quality management in health care, 10.1097/QMH.0000000000000375. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1097/QMH.0000000000000

Meyer, B. (2023) Short and long peripheral IV catheters. In: Access Device Guidelines for Nursing Practice and Education. 4th Ed. Oncology Nurses Society.

Nickel B, Gorski L, Kleidon T, et al. Infusion Therapy Standards of Practice, 9th Edition. J Infus Nurs. 2024;47(1S Suppl 1):S1-S285. doi:10.1097/NAN.0000000000000532

Leslie Baronowski Presidential Leadership Award 2009

Duke University Health System Friends of Nursing Nomination- 2006, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2016

Strength Hope and Caring Nomination 2007

Great 100 Nurses in North Carolina Nomination 2011

Laboratorian of the Year Eastern Division 2005

Co investigator iPIVAP- Exploring lymphedema incidence when using ipsilateral extremities for radiology procedures in patients with axillary lymph node dissection. DUHS IRB approved.

Co investigator READY 1- Exploring alternatives to Alteplase for clearing catheter occlusions. DUHS IRB approved

Co investigator Industry sponsored pilot study aimed at improving PICC tip locating capabilities.