title: The role of the registered nurse in the insertion of external jugular peripherally inserted central catheters and external jugular peripheral intravenous catheters.
abstract: As a leader in infusion therapy, the Infusion Nurses Society convened a national task force of experts to examine the practice of registered nurses placing catheters in external jugular veins. It is the position of the Infusion Nurses Society that a qualified licensed registered nurse, who is proficient in infusion therapy, may insert, care for, maintain, and remove external jugular peripherally inserted central catheters and external jugular peripheral intravenous catheters.
mesh_terms: D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000451:nursing* / Q000639:trends; D004507:Education, Nursing, Associate; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous / Q000451:nursing*; D007263:Infusions, Parenteral / Q000451:nursing*; D007601:Jugular Veins