More About Dr. Moureau
Through PICC Excellence, more than 80 online educational programs are offered to hospitals and individuals, from large hospital systems to the smallest long-term care centers. A nurse for more than forty years, she has focused on vascular access specialization and education development, applying her experience in pediatrics, neonatology, acute care, home infusion, research, and product consulting to provide information and answers on vascular access device issues and practical application for the practicing clinician. Dr. Moureau received her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from East Carolina University in Greenville, NC; has attended graduate studies in the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program from the University of Florida and Jacksonville University, studies in Medicine from Cetec Universidad in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and doctoral work in Brisbane, Australia. Her Ph.D. was awarded following thesis submission and acceptance by the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Nursing Research Department for Vascular Access Studies from Griffith University in 2017.
Nancy’s specialized training was received at hospitals both in the States and internationally on peripherally inserted central catheters through MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX, ultrasound training through Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN, and Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, FL, subcutaneous port training for insertion and management at Gartnaval Royal Hospital and National Health Trust in Glasgow, Scotland, Royal Berkshire Trust Hospital in Reading, United Kingdom and Gemelli Catholic Hospital in Rome, Italy. Her training at these facilities included ultrasound, PICC, internal jugular, tunneled catheter, axillary, and port insertions.
Having received her CRNI, Certification in Intravenous Therapy through the Infusion Nurses Society in 1987, CPUI of Certification as a PICC Ultrasound Inserter in 2009, and VA-BC Board Certified through the Association for Vascular Access in 2010, Dr. Moureau supports specialization in nursing practice and is qualified as an Ultrasound Certified PICC Trainer, Basic, Modified Seldinger and Advanced PICC procedures. She has been active in the Infusion Nurses Society (INS) since the early eighties, serving in a variety of positions, including several years as Chapter President in Northeast Florida and as a frequent speaker at local, national, and international conferences. In the Association for Vascular Access (AVA), she served on the Board of Directors as treasurer and director at large for four terms (eight years), was active on multiple committees such as Membership, Public Policy, Education, Publication/Journal, and International Liaison as member and chairperson.
Dr. Moureau chaired the International Consensus Forum for the World Congress of Vascular Access (WoCoVA) Standard Minimal Requirements for Central Venous Access Devices published in 2015 and was co-chair of the Skin Impairment and Management for CVADs (SIM) taskforce published in 2016 and 2017. Dr. Moureau is an Adjunct Associate Professor with Griffith University, is a member of AVATAR, the Alliance for Vascular Access Teaching and Research Group, and is actively engaged in research at Griffith University in Brisbane Australia, and other hospitals.