Technological innovation for peripheral venipuncture: ultrasound training.

Objective:: to evaluate the training of nurses in the use of ultrasound in peripheral venipuncture.

Method:: descriptive research of quantitative approach performed with nurses as part of an analytical cross-sectional study in two patient care centers: an intensive care unit and an adult emergency center.

Results:: the results showed contributions of training for professional skill and visibility of nurses, requiring, however, more time for complete assimilation of this technological innovation as a safer clinical practice.

Conclusion:: as the use of this technology represents an innovation aimed to facilitate difficult venipuncture and to provide subsidies to the most appropriate clinical decision-making, it is urgent to qualify nurses for its use.