INS Annual Meeting & Exhibition 2025

Barb Nickel APRN-CNS, CCRN, CRNI is a Clinical Nurse Specialist at a large healthcare system in the US, responsible for staff development and process improvement to optimize outcomes in multiple areas of clinical practice, including critical care, infusion therapy, sepsis, and new graduate transition to practice. Ms. Nickel has presented nationally and published in several peer-review journals on infusion-related topics, was the chair of the 2024 Standards of Practice Committee, and is now chair of the 2027 INS SOP Committee. She also serves as Adjunct Research Fellow for Griffith University, Queensland, Australia.

Lisa Gorski, MS, RN, HHCNS-BC, CRNI ® , FAAN. Clinical Education Specialist / Clinical Nurse Specialist at Ascension at Home – Wisconsin. 2024 Infusion Therapy Standards of Practice: A Deep Dive into Standards Impacting Home Infusion Providers (Lunch and Learn).

I am excited to explore the dynamic world of interdisciplinary and interorganizational collaboration! Over the past few years, I’ve had the pleasure of working on several projects, beginning at the bedside and gradually growing to standardizing processes across an entire organization spanning multiple geographical locations. I’ve also been involved in advocating for nursing boards to help advance nursing practice. My presentation will highlight the significant outcomes that resulted when diverse disciplines and organizations worked together to achieve common goals.

I have wondered why we gave our patients Heparin during their terminal flush of their Mediports since I became an Oncology nurse over 30 years ago. Some of our patients...

Amber Webb, MSN-HI, RN, CRNI is the Nurse Manager for OHSU Home Infusion Pharmacy as well as two Ambulatory Non-Oncology licensed clinical infusion spaces. Her clinical background includes 14 years in Oncology administering chemotherapy, bone marrow transplants, and CAR-T therapies. She joined the home infusion specialty six years ago to expand her skillset and provide community-based care to chronically-ill patients. Her particular interest within home infusion includes addressing the more complex social dynamics and the overall well-being of patients and families while dealing with their healthcare challenges. Her other focus targets the need for safety protections of her clinical staff while delivering care across two states in sometimes unknown environments. This includes incorporating safety classes and difficult situation de-briefs, de-escalation training, as well as the creation of a department-wide interidisciplinary safety subcomittee team.