Described herein is a venous pressure monitoring system which is configured to determine central venous pressure based on jugular venous pressure. One embodiment of the JVP monitoring system may include at least one signal processor, at least one accelerometer, at least one memory 5 for storing computer instructions related to the processor(s) and/or accelerometer(s), at least one display, and at least one patch adapted to be held in place or otherwise secured to a patients neck. The signal processor may be in communication with the accelerometer(s) to translate the output from the accelerometer(s) to yield a signal and calculate the central venous pressure.
