Title: Chief Executive Officer and Owner
Company: EPICC Vascular of Eastern Washington
Location: Yakima, Washington, United States
Kari Campbell, chief executive officer and owner at EPICC Vascular of Eastern Washington, has been recognized by Marquis Who’s Who Top Nurses for dedication, achievements, and leadership in health care.
With nearly two and a half decades of experience, Ms. Campbell has built a successful career in health care, specializing as a vascular access specialist. She currently serves as the owner of IV Hydration Business, a role she has held since 2024, and as owner and chief executive officer of EPICC Vascular of Eastern Washington since 2019. Additionally, she has been a teaching assistant professor at the College of Nursing, Washington State University since 2019. Her responsibilities include providing vascular access services, inserting peripherally inserted central catheters for cancer patients, long-term antibiotic patients, and those requiring chronic TPN, and ensuring timely care for residents in rural eastern Washington. Her previous experience includes serving as nursing director for the emergency department at Astria Sunnyside Hospital from 2018 to 2019, as a registered nurse at Yakima Memorial Hospital from 2006 to 2018, and earlier as a medical secretary. She is also a member of the Infusion Nurses Society and the Association for Vascular Access.
Laying a solid educational foundation, Ms. Campbell earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Washington State University in 2001, became a Registered Nurse in the post-anesthesia care unit at Toppenish Community Hospital, and achieved the Certified Registered Nurse Infusion credential through the Infusion Nurses Society. She later earned a Master of Science in Nursing from Sacred Heart University in 2017 and became Vascular Access Board Certified through the Association for Vascular Access in 2023. Reflecting on her path, once she was accepted into a nursing program, she gained extensive hands-on experience, utilizing hospital facilities and educating others on the care and maintenance of medical equipment, including IV placement. She has found immense satisfaction in combining her passion for teaching with her love for providing care. Early in her career, she spent eight years serving the community at the Yakama Indian Reservation, where she worked in a small hospital, taking on multiple roles and gaining valuable experience.
Ms. Campbell attributes her success to her independent approach and her ability to connect with everyone, regardless of their position, as well as being inclusive and engaging with all individuals she encounters. In the coming years, her ultimate goal is to expand her business across eastern Washington, Idaho, and eastern Oregon by locating and training vascular access nurses. She aims to collaborate with colleagues who can help facilitate the training of these nurses, enabling her business to extend services to smaller areas that currently lack access to a vascular access team due to financial constraints. Her immediate goal is to broaden services by reaching out to several hospitals, including a critical-access hospital located in Pasco, Washington, about nine miles east in a larger community. This hospital is closely connected to a larger sister hospital, and she plans to enhance the range of services offered in that area.
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