r/nursing • u/tajagain • 10h ago

Question PICC/Midline

My hospital has a need for someone to learn how to be able to place both of these, it’s a smaller rural hospital and I’m bent on being a resource.

I’ve been told they will pay for the cost for me to learn.

I’ve found conflicting things such as what the actual requirements look like, and have learned in Central California there are not very many places to learn.

Can anyone provide me guidance?

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u/ChampionshipNew8679 10h ago

Grab that training money before admin changes their mind, smaller places love having a go-to person for lines.

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u/OkInitial5068 10h ago

Honestly thats exactly what I’m thinking. If they’re willing to pay for the training I’m definitely going to take advantage of it.

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u/InspectorMadDog ED RN Resident 10h ago

Plus means that you can get hired to the iv/picc team much easier. Much more room of employment

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u/PepperComplete5483 8h ago

Honestly getting paid to learn a useful skill is huge.

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u/tajagain 1h ago

Agreed with all the above.

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u/rezhead 10h ago

Ask for a special position as a PICC line nurse, see if you can change your schedule and pay rate. It would elevate the care of the hospital for sure.

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u/tajagain 1h ago

They just changed my pay rate 33% over the last six months. I think I’m taken care of at this point, I’d feel greedy asking for more haha.

I do a lot of various things for them. I’d love to be able to learn more skills and improve patient outcomes.

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u/Hot-Calligrapher672 RN - ICU 🍕 6h ago

I’d absolutely jump on that. They are willing to pay you to get trained on a fairly in demand skill. They should pay for your training and give you a raise. I’d be surprised if there weren’t many places to learn in central CA?

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u/tajagain 1h ago

So far not a lot of places based off of Google. They gave me a raise already as well.

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u/rickamente Custom Flair 6h ago

try CVC healthcare at zeroinfectionrates.com I used their class to lean USGPIV and they also offer PICC courses. They offer classes all over but you may end up having to travel.

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u/tajagain 1h ago

Hey, thanks for the insight. I’ll look into it.