Implementing a Nurse-Driven Aromatherapy Protocol to Decrease the Effect of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting

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Conditions studied: Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting (PONV)

In brief

This is a quality improvement project that aims to assess the effect of nurse-driven administration of essential oil aromatherapy on postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) in patients while in the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) after general anesthesia.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04822844

Run by

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

People needed

200

Starts

2021-04-01

Expected to finish

2021-06-30

Last updated by the study team

2021-07-02

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• PACU patients who are in the main PACU setting at HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast Hospital after having undergone general anesthesia for a surgical procedure

You may not qualify if…

• patients with allergies or sensitivity to ginger or lavender essential oils
• patients who wish to be excluded from the project

Where it is running

• HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast Hospital — Pasadena, Texas, United States

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