Jon Bell is a Master’s-Prepared Registered Nurse with more than 25 years of emergency medical experience and 15 years of experience in surgical care. He has combined his backgrounds to specialize in vascular access education and built a successful vascular access specialist team. Jon has experience as a clinical consultant working for multiple companies to support vascular access device training. He has presented at multiple national and regional conferences speaking about vascular access process improvement and research. Jon is currently the Director of the Emergency Department at Mount Desert Island Hospital.
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