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NVAES™
The National Vascular Access Education Society™ (NVAES™)
A mission-driven professional education organization dedicated to advancing patient safety, leadership, and best practices in vascular access through evidence-informed education, clinical leadership initiatives, and workforce development.
2026 VA-BC® Vascular Access
Recalibration Conference™
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Presenter: John Hart, RN VA-BC®
Pre-Access Clinical Intelligence™
Presenter: Josie Brandon, NLPC
2026
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Vascular Access Metrics
Transparency in reporting CLABSI for all medical devices and healthcare worker license and facility line placement tracking.
Vascular Access Leadership
Licensing being infiltrated by pay to play misguided boards that undermines license value and patients safety.
Vascular Access 7 Pillars to
VA-BC®
7 Pillar Safety Standard™ Founders of the VA-BC® framework for excellence in vascular access.
2026
VA-BC® recalibration
Education Conference™
We are committed to recalibrating the industry toward the highest standards of safety through the VA-BC® training and certification processes rooted in the vision set forth by its founders and the Vascular Access Become Certified™ movement that began in 2010.
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Clinical Management & Metrics Mergers
Scope of Care Laws Oversight Committees
Mission Statement – National Vascular Access Education Society (NVAES)
The mission of the National Vascular Access Education Society (NVAES) is to advance patient safety and professional excellence in vascular access through evidence-informed education, leadership development, and the promotion of best practices across diverse healthcare settings.
NVAES supports clinicians, educators, and healthcare organizations by providing accessible educational resources, fostering professional development, and encouraging continuous improvement in vascular access practice, quality, and safety.
Phoenix Vascular Access®, VA-BC® VA-BC Training Center, and The National Vascular Access Education Society™ Introduce Proprietary Pre-Access Clinical Intelligence™ Framework to Advance Patient Safety in Vascular Access
Phoenix Vascular Access, VA-BC Training Center, and the National Vascular Access Education Society™ (NVAES™) today announced the release of a new, proprietary clinical safety framework designed to advance patient safety by integrating systemic health intelligence into vascular access planning.
The newly introduced Pre-Access Clinical Intelligence™ framework elevates vascular access practice beyond the traditional technical focus of vein visualization and line placement. Instead, the framework encourages clinicians to integrate broader clinical context — including vascular integrity, inflammatory status, coagulation risk, and overall patient condition when selecting access sites, devices, and monitoring strategies.
“Vascular access is too often treated as a procedural task rather than a clinical decision point,” said a spokesperson for the collaborating organizations. “Pre-Access Clinical Intelligence™ reframes line placement as part of a larger patient safety and clinical judgment process. This framework supports higher professional standards, stronger situational awareness, and safer placement decisions.”
The Pre-Access Clinical Intelligence™ framework is a proprietary clinical education and safety model developed by Josephine Brandon and William J. Hart, the creators of the VA-BC® 7 Pillar Vascular Access Safety Framework™, VA-BC® VASCULAR ACCESS BECOME CERTIFIED™, education, training, and certification ecosystem. It forms part of a broader portfolio of original methodologies, professional standards, and educational systems created by Phoenix Vascular Access, VA-BC Training Center, and the National Vascular Access Education Society to elevate safety, professionalism, and clinical accountability in vascular access practice.
The framework is designed to support clinicians in recognizing patient-specific risk factors that may influence access site selection, device choice, and post-placement monitoring. By integrating systemic health awareness into routine vascular access planning, the organizations aim to strengthen patient safety practices and promote consistency across care environments.
The organizations emphasize that Pre-Access Clinical Intelligence™ does not replace medical evaluation, institutional protocols, or physician oversight. Healthcare history, medications, or vaccination status alone do not constitute contraindications to vascular access. Rather, the framework is intended to enhance clinical situational awareness and support safest-practice professional judgment within existing standards of care.
Pre-Access Clinical Intelligence™ will be incorporated into educational curricula, professional development resources, clinical training programs, and safety frameworks offered through Phoenix Vascular Access, VA-BC Training Center, and the National Vascular Access Education Society. Pre-Access Clinical Intelligence™ created by Josephine Brandon and William J. Hart.
Intellectual Property Notice
Pre-Access Clinical Intelligence™, the VA-BC® 7 Pillar Vascular Access Safety Framework™, Safest Ranking in Placements™, and related framework names, methodologies, educational structures, and safety models referenced in this release are original, proprietary works developed by the creators of VA-BC®. All associated intellectual property is protected. These proprietary frameworks, names, and methodologies may not be reproduced, adapted, repurposed, or represented as part of any other organization’s training, certification, publications, or programs without express written authorization from the rights holders.
The Pre-Access Clinical Intelligence™ framework is authored by Josephine Brandon and William J. Hart and is published and licensed through Phoenix Vascular Access, VA-BC Training Center, and the National Vascular Access Education Society.
About the Organizations
Phoenix Vascular Access®, VA-BC® Training Center, and the National Vascular Access Education Society™ are dedicated to advancing patient safety, professional education, and best practices in vascular access through evidence-informed training, workforce development, and clinical leadership initiatives.
Pre-Access Clinical Intelligence™ Provides This & More
Pre-Access Clinical Intelligence™
An original vascular access intellectual stewardship innovation created by Josephine Brandon and William J. Hart.
Pre-Access Clinical Intelligence Screening
Systemic Risk Awareness in Vascular Access Planning
Inflammatory and Thrombotic Risk Considerations in Line Placement
Patient Context Factors That May Influence Vascular Access Risk
Brandon-Hart Proprietary Vascular Access Safety
Frameworks & Methodologies
The following original frameworks and methodologies represent proprietary intellectual stewardship developed within the VA-BC® ecosystem and used by NVAES™ for professional education and leadership development.
VA-BC® 7 Pillar Vascular Access Safety Framework™
The founding original comprehensive safety and quality framework designed to guide vascular access professional education, clinical best practices, proctoring assessments and standards-based decision-making across the vascular access lifecycle.
Pre-Access Clinical Intelligence™
An original clinical safety framework that integrates systemic patient context into vascular access planning, supporting informed site selection, device choice, and post-placement monitoring before the needle touches the skin.
Safest Ranking in Placements™
A proprietary educational model that organizes vascular access approaches by relative safety considerations to support clinical judgment, risk awareness, and continuous improvement in placement practices.
These frameworks and methodologies are original intellectual property developed within the founders of Josephine Brandon and William J. Hart, VA-BC® ecosystem and are used by NVAES™ for educational and leadership development purposes.
Original Safety Frameworks & Methodologies Stewarded by NVAES™
The VA-BC® Training Center along with the National Vascular Access Education Society come together for the movement of Healthcare Worker Wholeness in America™
VA-BC® and the Vascular Access Become Certified™ Movement Began In 2010 by John Hart RN, VA-BC® and Josie Brandon, NLPC
The Movement for Healthcare Workers Towards Wholeness
Discover how the National Vascular Access Education Society™, VA-BC® Training Center corporately located in Arizona, are protecting patients and safety standards, elevating care.
NVAES™ serves as an education and leadership platform supporting professional development in vascular access. VA-BC® is a separate credentialing and training program within the broader VA-BC® ecosystem.
2026 VA-BC® Vascular Access Recalibration Conference™
Metric Safety Movement
Vascular Access Safety & Transparency in CLABSI Metrics is about building systems and standards that ensure complete honesty in infection reporting and data interpretation. We refuse to allow manipulated metrics or unqualified personnel to compromise patient safety, particularly in the placement of vascular access devices. By upholding transparency, accountability, and competency, we create a culture where every patient can trust the care they receive and every clinician can stand confidently behind their work.
VA-BC® & Licensing
Leadership Conversations are dedicated to protecting the integrity of professional licensing and the safety values that define the nursing and doctoral community. We address the hard truths uncovered about previous leadership that weakened licensing laws and compromised legal and ethical standards. Through advocacy, education, and united action, we champion strong, enforceable licensing protections that safeguard both healthcare professionals and the patients they serve.
Frameworks For Excellence
The 7 Pillar Safety Standard is our comprehensive framework for excellence in vascular access, built to ensure the highest level of patient safety and clinical integrity. Each pillar represents a core principle—evidence-based practice, skilled technique, ethical certification, data transparency, continuous education, infection prevention, and professional accountability. Together, these pillars create a unified standard that safeguards patients, empowers clinicians, and drives measurable improvements across the healthcare system.
In today’s healthcare environment, some medical science is quietly being rewritten or erased by competing agendas that prioritize optics, profit, or politics over truth. Critical evidence, once considered foundational, is sometimes minimized, misrepresented, or removed entirely from discussion when it challenges prevailing narratives. This erosion of objective science not only distorts our understanding but also endangers patient safety by replacing fact-based decisions with manipulated data and biased interpretation. At the National Vascular Access Education Society™, we stand committed to preserving and promoting authentic medical science, ensuring that knowledge is protected, transparency is upheld, and patient care is guided by integrity rather than influence.
The founders of VA-BC®, visionaries who set out to create a gold standard in vascular access certification in 2010 were nearly erased from the very history of the seven pillar safety standard for training and certifications they created. In their place, nonprofit healthcare organizations attempted to mass-produce vascular access certificates without legal authority, issuing credentials that were never legally binding due to trademark infringement, the absence of proper corporate standing, and further discovering over a decade that these organizations failed to uphold the fundamental requirements of a true certification, most notably by bypassing proctored examinations, which are essential to verify competency and integrity. This deliberate dilution not only violated professional standards but also undermined the credibility of the VA-BC® brand making their mission to restore its integrity and rightful history all the more urgent.
CONGRESSIONAL BILL BEING INTRODUCED
Presented at the NVAES™ Annual Meeting
Stop Non Profits, Examining Boards & Administrators from breaking license laws
""Credentialing is not a private club or a pay-to-play privilege; it is a public trust. If an organization cannot govern itself with transparency, legality, and ethics, it has no business governing the professionals who safeguard patient lives."
Disclaimer: The National Vascular Access Education Society is now powered by the VA-BC® Healthcare Whistleblower Movement Team, committed to safeguarding the integrity of vascular access care and amplifying the voices of healthcare workers. Our mission is to ensure transparency, uphold ethical standards, and protect patient safety through unwavering advocacy and truth.
Why 7 Pillars in VA-BC® training placements and certifications?
The "7 Pillar Vascular Access Safety System™", was created by the founders of VA-BC®. Delivering the highest standard in safe vascular access device placement. Each pillar serves as a critical knowledge and skill checkpoint, ensuring that every clinician is equipped with the expertise needed for optimal patient safety and exceptional care.
“To safeguard the integrity of the VA-BC® mark and the safety it ensures, all violations of trademark and compliance standards will be met with appropriate legal action.”
“Where Excellence Meets Patient Safety.”
VA-BC® sets the gold standard in vascular access training and certification, empowering clinicians to serve with skill, accountability, and compassion.
“Building a Safer Future in Vascular Access.”
From education and certification to nationwide franchise opportunities with administrators Phoenix Vascular Access®, VA-BC® is shaping a network of professionals dedicated to safety, truth, and patient trust.
Together We Are Making A Profound Difference™
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