Lesa Combs

IR Nurse in a Level II trauma center in Wilmington, NC, at Novant Health. Vascular Body IR.

IR Nurse in a Level I trauma center, Lexington, KY, at Albert Chandler University of Kentucky Medical Center. A very progressive, state-of-the-art facility. Doing an average of 65 patients per day, including neuro and vascular IR procedures.

Facilitate patient preparation prior to procedures, and post-procedure Phase I and Phase II recovery.

Placed ultrasound-guided PIVs for our IR patients to prevent delays in care due to the inability to establish vascular access access.

• WakeMed Hospital, Raleigh, NC. Level I Trauma Center. Imaging Nursing.
• IR Procedures
• Vascular access, including PICC lines, midlines, and ultrasound-guided PIVs.
• Nuclear medicine stress test.
• CTA cardiac testing.
• MRI, cardiac, and sedates.

Novant Health, Wilmington, NC. Level II Trauma Center, Vascular, and Body IR. CT Procedures. Ultrasound procedures, MRI, cardiac, and sedation.

• Level I trauma center, very progressive, cutting-edge, state-of-the-art program.
• Started the ultrasound-guided PIV program.
• Interventional Radiology: Neuro, Body, and Vascular IR.
• Charge Nurse.

• NICU RN for 22 years in a Level III Fetal Care Center. ECMO in the NICU, CICU, and PICU. PICC nurse from 1993. and Charge Nurse.
• Vascular Access RN in Vascular Access from 2011 to 2019, which is a world-renowned vascular access team. Was a house-wide safety coach.
• Co-author of a published article related to CHG use in premature babies.
• Presentations for INS on vessel preservation in the pediatric population.
• INS presentation on midline uses in pediatrics.
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