A: ATM is an abbreviation for automated teller machine. These telecommunications devices allow card-holding banking customers access to their accounts and funds at any time and in places outside of their institution's branches.
Job Description for PICC Line Nurse. 1  Discuss with patients the risks and purpose of PICC line placement, as well as homecare. 2  Perform IV insertions and maintain catheters. 3  Insert central lines, evaluate placement, and monitor vascular access device (VAD) sites on a daily basis. Discuss with patients the risks and purpose of PICC line placement, as well as homecare. 2  Perform IV insertions and maintain catheters. 3  Insert central lines, evaluate placement, and monitor vascular access device (VAD) sites on a daily basis. 4  Educate nursing staff on PICC line placement.
You aren't really done until a trip to radiology confirms the PICC line you just placed is exactly positioned. Then the patient can begin treatment. Despite impressive skills honed through knowledge and repetition, up until now PICC line nurses were never quite sure a line was properly placed until confirmed by X-ray.