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Obcjetive: to describe the nursing team care actions for safe peripheral intravenous puncture in hospitalized elderly people. Method: qualitative research conducted in a general public hospital in the inland of Bahia, in the year 2014. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with nine nursing professionals from the medical clinic, based on a previously prepared script. The interviews were analyzed using the content analysis method. Results: the following analytical categories emerged: 1. Consideration about the aging process; 2. Clinical condition and preparation of the elderly person for peripheral venous access; 3. Selecting the site for peripheral venous access; 4. Selecting the intravascular device. Conclusion: safe peripheral intravenous puncture is related to prior assessment of the clinical conditions of the elderly person, site selection and selecting an intravascular device. The care actions provided by the professionals are not systematized or standardized, which may contribute to the occurrence of adverse events.

NURSING TEAM CARE ACTIONS FOR SAFE PERIPHERAL INTRAVENOUS PUNCTURE IN HOSPITALIZED ELDERLY PEOPLE