Implementing a Nurse-Driven Aromatherapy Protocol to Decrease the Effect of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting
Implementing a Nurse-Driven Aromatherapy Protocol to Decrease the Effect of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting
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.
In this three-month quality improvement project, nurse-driven aromatherapy will be offered to
 all patients in the main PACU setting at the Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) Houston
 Healthcare Southeast Hospital after they have undergone surgical procedures with general
 anesthesia, with the exception of patients who report allergies or sensitivity to ginger or
 lavender essential oils (EO) and patients who wish to be excluded from the project.
Inclusion Criteria:

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

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  patients with allergies or sensitivity to ginger or lavender essential oils

 -  patients who wish to be excluded from the project