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

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting (PONV)
• Interventions: Other: Lavender Essential Oil; Other: Ginger Essential Oil

• Registration Number: NCT04822844
• Lead Sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Brief Summary

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.

Detailed Description

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.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2021-03-25
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-03-25
• Study First Posted: 2021-03-30
• Study Start: 2021-04-01
• Status Verified: 2021-06
• Primary Completion: 2021-06-30
• Study Completion: 2021-06-30
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-06-30
• Last Update Posted: 2021-07-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 200

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Aromatherapy with Essential Oil	Lavender Essential Oil	Within 5 minutes of arrival at the PACU, the PACU nurse will proactively offer the patient a 2x2 gauze with two drops of essential oil (patient's choice of ginger or lavender essential oil) for all patients who have opted to participate, regardless of their nausea and vomiting status. Participating patients will continue to use the essential oil during their stay in the PACU, which is typically 45-60 minutes.
Aromatherapy with Essential Oil	Ginger Essential Oil	Within 5 minutes of arrival at the PACU, the PACU nurse will proactively offer the patient a 2x2 gauze with two drops of essential oil (patient's choice of ginger or lavender essential oil) for all patients who have opted to participate, regardless of their nausea and vomiting status. Participating patients will continue to use the essential oil during their stay in the PACU, which is typically 45-60 minutes.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of Post-Operative Nausea and Vomiting Episodes While in the PACU	during stay in PACU (about 45-60 minutes)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
PACU Length of Stay	time between PACU admission and PACU discharge (about 45-60 minutes)	PACU length of stay is the time between PACU admission and PACU discharge, measured in minutes.
Number of Participants Who Use Antiemetics While in the PACU	during stay in PACU (about 45-60 minutes)
Patient Satisfaction as Assessed by the Press Ganey Patient Satisfaction Survey	at discharge (about 1 hour after PACU admission)	The Press Ganey Patient Satisfaction Survey is scored from 0 to 100, with a higher score indicating greater satisfaction.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast Hospital; 🇺🇸 Pasadena, Texas, United States