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Volume 20, Issue 4, Pages 249-254 (August 2005)


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Self-Care Activities for Postdischarge Nausea and Vomiting

Susan Jane Fetzer, RN, PhD, MBACorresponding Author Informationemail address, Mark A. Hand, RN, MSN, CAPA, Patricia A. Bouchard, RN, CAPA, Heather B. Smith, RN, MSN, CAPA, Mary Beth Jenkins, RN, BSN, MHA, CAPA, CCRN

Postdischarge nausea and vomiting (PDNV) is a serious threat to the recovery of ambulatory surgical patients. Pharmacological interventions available before discharge are not readily available to the patient after discharge; therefore, the activities that patients perform to manage new-onset PDNV may affect their surgical recovery. Assembled from a comprehensive study of PDNV, this paper describes the self-care activities that ambulatory patients use to manage new-onset nausea and vomiting after discharge. The findings have implications for patient education and future research.

Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Susan Jane Fetzer, RN, PhD, MBA, Associate Professor, University of New Hampshire, 400 Commercial Street, Manchester, NH 03103

 Supported in part by grants from the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses and the American Academy of Ambulatory Surgery Associates.

PII: S1089-9472(05)00142-5

doi:10.1016/j.jopan.2005.05.001


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