External jugular catheter

August 2, 2008

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The Infusion Nurse Society has published a position statement on the role of a qualified licensed registered nurse, who is proficient in infusion therapy, during the insertion, care and removal of external jugular catheters.

INS (2008) The Role of the Registered Nurse in the Insertion of External Jugular Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters and External Jugular Peripheral Intravenous Catheters. Journal of Infusion Nursing. 31(4), p.226-227.

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’.