Season 1 Episode 10: June 3, 2025 - Annual Meeting Special Series: Leading Change in Infusion Care in Qatar

In this episode of the INS Infusion Room, Jennifer Mendez shares her journey from the United Kingdom to Qatar, where she established a vascular access team at Sidra Medicine. She discusses the challenges and successes of training nurses, the importance of CRNI® certification, and how the INS Infusion Therapy Standards of Practice have improved patient care, particularly for neonates and pediatric patients. Ms Mendes emphasizes the significant impact that specialized vascular access teams can have on patient outcomes and encourages other nurses to pursue similar initiatives in their own areas.

Jennifer Mendes, RN, DIPHE, BSc

Jennifer Mendes, RN, DIPHE, APHON, BSc, is the Vascular Access Management Team Manager at Sidra Medicine in Doha, Qatar. She is a vascular access specialist nurse with 12 years’ experience in Vascular Access and Management. She activated vascular access service at Sidra Medicine. Ms Mendes has previous experience as an intravascular nurse practitioner in the Oncology and Intensive Care Units (both neonatal and pediatric), as well as a cystic fibrosis specialist nurse at Kings College Hospital, London, United Kingdom. She has worked as both a pediatric and adult infusion center chemotherapy specialist nurse. Ms Mendes is certified in vascular access, adult chemotherapy, pediatric chemotherapy and biotherapy, as well as cystic fibrosis.

Host: Derek Fox, MSN, RN, VA-BC, CRNI®, NEA-BC

Guest: Jennifer Mendes, RN, DIPHE, BSc

In this episode of the INS Infusion Room, Jennifer Mendez shares her journey from the United Kingdom to Qatar, where she established a vascular access team at Sidra Medicine. She discusses the challenges and successes of training nurses, the importance of CRNI® certification, and how the INS Infusion Therapy Standards of Practice have improved patient care, particularly for neonates and pediatric patients. Ms Mendes emphasizes the significant impact that specialized vascular access teams can have on patient outcomes and encourages other nurses to pursue similar initiatives in their own areas.

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