Susan has been a nurse for 36 years with experience in Med Surg, Telemetry, Peritoneal Dialysis Educator for 11 years, and Vascular Access RN on a PICC team.

 

Susan has been a Vascular Access nurse since 2003 and worked on a PICC team that serviced two large hospitals in Lincoln, NE. While in this position, ultrasound-guided PICC placement was introduced, and Susan was among the first to learn this new technology in Nebraska.

 

In 2005, Susan had a vision of sharing her expertise with other medical facilities to provide safe and experienced vascular access, care, and maintenance. Nebraska PICC Specialists was formed in 2006 and was Nebraska's first outsourcing PICC service.

 

Susan has worked as a preceptor for Bard Access Systems and is a Cathflo nurse educator for Genentech.

 

In 2010, Susan obtained her (CRNI) Certified Registered Nurse Infusionist through the Infusion Nurses Society, as well as her board certification in vascular access (VA-BC) through the Association of Vascular Access. The VA-BC certification was offered for the first time in December of 2010 and Susan was one of four nurses in Nebraska to sit for the exam.

 

In 2018, Susan graduated from Nebraska Wesleyan University with her Bachelor's of Science in Nursing (BSN).