Abstract
The present work aims to elucidate the role of a nurse in the removal of peripherally inserted central catheter in the intensive care unit and propose effective measures nurse's role in this regard. For this, there is a literature review, which were used: Latin American Literature on Health Sciences (LILACS) , and Virtual Scientific Library Online (SCIELO) , COCHRANE between September 19 to November 9, 2013. Having the exclusion criteria, polls of experts, abstracts and editorials. Sepsis, pulmonary embolism, hemorrhage, thrombosiswere foundin the literature ascomplicatingthe removalof thecentral catheterwithout properwork of nurses.Nursing actions, contributing toadministrative measures anddevelopment ofa careplan forthe reduction ofinfection andpatient injuryin the removalof the centralcatheter in theintensive care unitis of utmostimportance forthe improvementof thepatient's condition.