Specialized nursing, brought home.
PICC lines, ultrasound-guided IVs, infusions and concierge nursing from Western Oregon’s most experienced vascular access nurses, at home, in clinic or at your facility. With costs you’ll know before we arrive.
- Oregon-licensed RNs
- VA-BC & CRNI certified
- Physician-directed
250+
Years of combined clinical experience across our nurses
2008
First in the U.S. to use ECG guidance for PICC tip placement
243
ZIP codes served across 13 Western Oregon counties
24/7
On-call nursing line, weekends and holidays included
What we do
Hospital-grade skills, without the hospital.
From a single ultrasound-guided IV to weeks of home infusion therapy, our registered nurses bring advanced vascular access and skilled nursing to wherever the patient is.
PICC Lines
Peripherally inserted central catheters placed at the bedside (at home, in clinic or in your facility) by the team that helped bring ECG tip confirmation to PICC practice.
- Insertion
- Dressing changes
- Flushing & maintenance
- Occlusion troubleshooting
- Removal
Ultrasound-Guided IVs
For “hard sticks”: fewer attempts, less bruising, more comfort.
Infusion & Hydration
Prescribed IV fluids and medications administered where you’re most comfortable.
Concierge Nursing
Individualized nursing care and advocacy, from wound care and wellness checks to post-operative care and long-term planning, built around one patient at a time.
- Midline CathetersA longer-dwelling peripheral line when a standard IV won’t last.
- Implanted Port CareAccessing, flushing and troubleshooting implanted ports at home.
- Urinary CathetersInitial insertions, routine exchanges and maintenance.
- Mobile PhlebotomyLab draws at your door, including from PICCs and ports.
- Medication ManagementOrganizing, reconciling and teaching around complex medication schedules.
- Staff & Family EducationHands-on IV, PICC and port in-services for facilities, plus family teaching.
- N95 Fit TestingQualitative fit testing (QLFT) for clinics and facilities.
- 11 servicesCompare all services
We go where you are
- Patient homes
- Physician offices
- Assisted living
- Long-term care
- Rehabilitation centers
- Hospitals
Getting started
Three steps, one phone call.
No referral maze, no waiting room. If we can’t provide the care you need, we’ll help you find who can.
- 01
Call or request care
Talk with our office about what you or your patient needs. Providers can fax orders directly.
- 02
We plan it with you
We gather the relevant medical information, coordinate with your physician and tell you the cost up front.
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A nurse comes to you
An experienced RN arrives at your home or facility and shares notes with everyone who needs them.
Getting lost in the system?
The same skilled nurses, a better route.
Waiting rooms, transport, surprise bills, and nobody talking to each other. Our nurses spent decades on hospital vascular access teams. Now they bring that expertise straight to the patient.
* As described by Kirk Jacobson, M.D., Oak Street Medical Clinic. Read his letter.
Our story
Founded by the nurse who wouldn’t take no.
AIMS grew out of five decades of vascular access work and a habit of proving the skeptics wrong. That pioneering streak is still how we work.
THE FIRST AIMS IN-HOME PICC PLACEMENT
1969
A nurse begins
Founding member Glenda Dennis graduates nursing school and builds a career on taking initiative where patients need it.
1990s
The PICC that “no one would use”
Surgeons told her no one would use a nurse-placed PICC. She became the first nurse at McKenzie-Willamette to place them, then started its Vascular Access Team.
2008
ECG guidance, first in the U.S.
Glenda and her friend Elizabeth Ames are the first RNs in the country to confirm PICC tip position with ECG guidance, eliminating the chest X-ray. Published in JAVA, 2010.
2019
AIMS is founded
Glenda, Tammy Inglis-Drew and Robyn Smith take that expertise out of the hospital and into patients’ homes. The name honors Elizabeth Ames.
- Read the full story
“We can get same day service at AIMS Vascular Access. We have saved the system thousands and thousands of dollars and provided better care.”
“These at-home services enabled my frail mother to forgo the rigors of ambulance transportation, to remain in her home…”
“Health care must change and evolve away from hospital-based care except for the most intensive patient needs.”
Transparent by design
Out of pocket, out in the open.
AIMS is a self-pay practice. You’ll know what you’re going to pay, and when, before your nurse ever arrives. No surprise bills, ever.
Most insurers, including Medicare, won’t contract with nurse-owned practices, even though they cover the same nurses doing the same procedure in a hospital. We’re working to change that.
Cost before care
A clear estimate for every visit, explained in plain language.
Payment arrangements
Stress-free plans that let you pay over time, on a budget that works.
Pay online, securely
Pay any invoice by card through Stripe. We never see or store your card.
Pay a billEveryone in the loop
Notes shared with you, your family and your physician.
Service area
From Portland to the south coast.
Based in Springfield, our nurses travel across 13 counties and 243 ZIP codes in Western Oregon. Don’t see yours? Call us. We’ll gladly go where we haven’t been before.
Get started
Care that comes to you.
Tell us what you need. A nurse coordinator will call you back, explain the plan and the cost, and get you scheduled, often the same day.
Nurses: there’s a better way to practice.
One patient at a time, your own schedule, and we’ll train you on PICC and midline insertion.