Management and Nursing Care of a Pseudoaneurysm Caused by Inadvertent Arterial Puncture: A Case Report

Enhancing nurses' puncture proficiency is the cornerstone of preventing iatrogenic pseudoaneurysms and the pseudoaneurysms can be cured by efficient nursing that should include elastic tourniquet compression, ice compression, magnesium sulfate wet compression. Although a rare event, pseudoaneurysm can result from a commonly performed procedure such as vascular puncture. Therefore, it is imperative for nursing staff to be proficient in its early recognition and initial management.