“It is the policy of the HSE that registered nurses and midwives, within the Health Service Executive (HSE), undertaking peripheral intravenous cannulation must have successfully achieved competence having completed an education programme that is compliant with the HSE Guiding Framework for the Education, Training and Competence Validation in Venepuncture and Peripheral Intravenous Cannulation for Nurses and Midwives (2010). In addition, nurses and midwives undertaking peripheral intravenous cannulation will do so in accordance with the procedural elements as outlined in this policy.”
Health Service Executive (2010) National Clinical Policy and Procedural Guideline for Nurses and Midwives undertaking Peripheral Cannulation in Adults HSE, Ireland.
Policy and guideline for Nurses and Midwives undertaking cannulation in adults
