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Online Wound Care Curriculum offers on-demand education for vascular teams
Stay updated on the latest advancements in wound care with the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS), Society for Vascular Nursing (SVN), and American Podiatric Medical Association’s Wound Care Curriculum. This program, now available through SVS VascuLEARN, offers vascular professionals flexible,…
New APP Section: A ‘professional home’
There’s no place like home within the newly established SVS Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Section, where vascular advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) and physician assistants (PAs) aim to provide a “professional home” for APRNs and PAs working in vascular care…
Letter to the editor: Physicians and APPs should work together to address complex needs of vascular patients
Dear editor, As members of the Society for Vascular Nursing (SVN) Board of Directors, the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Section, and representatives of our broader membership, we feel compelled to respond to Dr. Arthur Palamara’s…
SVS continues success with smoking cessation webinar series
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) is hosting a monthly webinar series throughout 2025 on smoking cessation, which so far has garnered positive participant feedback. The educational content consists of a 12-month program that draws on…
What is taxonomy and how does it affect vascular surgeons?
Have you ever had a bill denied for services of your assistants and not known why? Have you received cryptic messages on an explanation of payments that indicates your assistant is not allowed to bill for services? As the use…
Dispatches from the vascular front: A vascular nursing perspective in times of COVID-19
For almost the first month after COVID-19 hit New Orleans with a vengeance, vascular nurse Jayme Boudreaux, APRN, found herself largely stuck at home, desperate to redeploy in anyway she could to do her bit to help stop the virus…