Nurse Anesthetists’ Perceptions of an Educational Intervention Regarding Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting: A Quality Improvement Project
Author
Woolard, Caleb
Abstract
Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is a preventable adverse event often occurring among surgical patients during the postoperative period that is associated with negative patient outcomes and increased healthcare costs. This quality improvement project aimed to produce a better understanding of this problem in order to inform future interventions designed to reduce the incidence of PONV. The methodology of this project included assessing the perceptions of nurse anesthetists at two partnering healthcare facilities regarding PONV management and prevention before and after receiving an educational resource and presentation on the topic. Data was collected using pre- and post-implementation surveys.
Review of the pre-implementation and post-implementation survey results suggests that following the intervention there was an increase in awareness of the national standards on PONV monitoring and prevention for nurse anesthetists, improvement in efficiency in accessing evidence-based guidelines and recommendations regarding PONV monitoring and management to support and help guide the CRNAs’ clinical practice, and an increase in the reported confidence level of the CRNAs’ perceived knowledge about PONV monitoring and management. As predicted by the literature, our findings suggest that providing an educational presentation and an accompanying evidence-based resource on the recommended practices for preventing PONV could be a cost-effective means to facilitate a decrease in its incidence. Findings from this project also suggest potential target areas for future interventions aimed at better understanding the phenomenon of PONV and ways it may be prevented.
Date
2023-11-22
Citation:
APA:
Woolard, Caleb.
(November 2023).
Nurse Anesthetists’ Perceptions of an Educational Intervention Regarding Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting: A Quality Improvement Project
(DNP Scholarly Project, East Carolina University). Retrieved from the Scholarship.
(http://hdl.handle.net/10342/13212.)
MLA:
Woolard, Caleb.
Nurse Anesthetists’ Perceptions of an Educational Intervention Regarding Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting: A Quality Improvement Project.
DNP Scholarly Project. East Carolina University,
November 2023. The Scholarship.
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/13212.
June 29, 2024.
Chicago:
Woolard, Caleb,
“Nurse Anesthetists’ Perceptions of an Educational Intervention Regarding Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting: A Quality Improvement Project”
(DNP Scholarly Project., East Carolina University,
November 2023).
AMA:
Woolard, Caleb.
Nurse Anesthetists’ Perceptions of an Educational Intervention Regarding Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting: A Quality Improvement Project
[DNP Scholarly Project]. Greenville, NC: East Carolina University;
November 2023.
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