{"title":"Ondansetron: perioperative use of a serotonin receptor antagonist for the prevention and treatment of nausea and vomiting.","authors":"T E Early, J Charbonneau, G McKnight, P Jenkins","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) are common side effects after surgery and have numerous patient factors and etiologies. Although self-limiting, PONV is not without risks and complications. In the past numerous antiemetics have been used successfully in the management of PONV; however, these drugs are associated with adverse effects. Ondansetron is a serotonin receptor antagonist that is effective in preventing and treating PONV. It is believed that ondansetron binds at the serotonin receptor both in the vagal afferents of the gastrointestinal tract and in the chemoreceptor trigger zone. The reported side effects from ondansetron are minor compared with those of the more commonly used antiemetics such as droperidol and metoclopramide and include headache, dizziness, musculoskeletal pain, drowsiness and sedation, and shivers.</p>","PeriodicalId":77223,"journal":{"name":"Journal of post anesthesia nursing","volume":"10 6","pages":"320-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19610827","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development and use of videotaped instruction for preoperative education of the ambulatory gynecological patient.","authors":"S A Lisko","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The current trend of ambulatory surgery has reemphasized the need for preoperative patient education. As patients assume more responsibility for self-care, innovative strategies must be used to provide the short-term knowledge that is needed. The development and use of a preoperative videotape is discussed, with Orem's Self-Care Deficit Theory used as a nursing theory framework. The intervention was piloted on four subjects who expressed positive evaluation of the alternative educational strategy.</p>","PeriodicalId":77223,"journal":{"name":"Journal of post anesthesia nursing","volume":"10 6","pages":"324-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19610828","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M Giuffre, J Fletcher, R Gravatt, L Hindt, G Ivey, R Hickman
{"title":"Investigating the reliability and validity of the infrared tympanic thermometer: a learning experience.","authors":"M Giuffre, J Fletcher, R Gravatt, L Hindt, G Ivey, R Hickman","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This series of articles to date has discussed points that readers should be looking for when reading and critiquing a researcher article. This article presents a brief report of a research project investigating the reliability and validity of the infrared tympanic thermometer (ITT) in afebrile subjects. Using four subjects and 40 temperature diads, the ability of the ITT to predict the subjects' temperatures obtained with a mercury thermometer was very poor (regression coefficient = .39). Test-retest reliability using the same data set resulted in an equally poor correlation coefficient (r = .19). A critique of the methodology of the study is provided as a learning experience.</p>","PeriodicalId":77223,"journal":{"name":"Journal of post anesthesia nursing","volume":"10 5","pages":"280-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19610335","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A matter of time.","authors":"J. Bauer","doi":"10.2307/j.ctvc776rw.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvc776rw.7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77223,"journal":{"name":"Journal of post anesthesia nursing","volume":"129 1","pages":"306, 305"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84686281","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An integrative review of ambulatory postanesthesia nursing patient outcome research: 1982 to 1993.","authors":"S J Fetzer, J Vogelsang","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Specialty nursing practice tends to define itself by a set of competencies believed to be essential by the practitioner. A specialty practice is rarely the result of patient outcome research. Although nurses have been caring for postoperative patients since the early 1900s, a review of published ambulatory postanesthesia patient outcome nursing research has not been reported. As part of a larger study, an integrative review of ambulatory postanesthesia research was conducted to investigate adherence to the scientific method and to examine whether reported research findings link nursing process with patient outcome. Data were collected from identified ambulatory postanesthesia research studies published between 1982 and 1993. The tables of contents from 16 nursing journals were examined to identify published studies. The sample for the integrative review consisted of 28 studies meeting inclusion criteria. Data from the 28 studies were collected independently by two researchers on Ambulatory Post Anesthesia Research Literature Instrument (APARLI) coding sheets developed for the review. Findings indicated that the scientific method was used with varied levels of sophistication. The linkage of nursing process with patient outcome did not appear explicitly in the research studies reviewed.</p>","PeriodicalId":77223,"journal":{"name":"Journal of post anesthesia nursing","volume":"10 5","pages":"249-58"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19610331","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"This looks like malignant hyperthermia!","authors":"P H Rivera, C Worley","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Based on the content of this article, the reader should be able to (1) describe the symptoms of malignant hyperthermia (MH); (2) describe the use of dantrolene in the treatment of MH; (3) explain the history of the Malignant Hyperthermia Association of the United States; (4) list the recommended contents of an MH emergency cart; and (5) explain how to plan a mock MH crisis drill.</p>","PeriodicalId":77223,"journal":{"name":"Journal of post anesthesia nursing","volume":"10 5","pages":"265-73; QUIZ 273-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19610333","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Research in everyday life.","authors":"S A Goodwin","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77223,"journal":{"name":"Journal of post anesthesia nursing","volume":"10 5","pages":"247-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19610330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From adversary to advocate: an application of transformational leadership.","authors":"D L Geuder, P Muller-Smith","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Traditional management and leadership skills are not as effective in an environment where there is constant change. The successful manager is the one who can offer transformational leadership to the staff. This is demonstrated by a real situation in which abstract principles were applied to an actual perioperative setting.</p>","PeriodicalId":77223,"journal":{"name":"Journal of post anesthesia nursing","volume":"10 5","pages":"286-91"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19610336","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A matter of time.","authors":"J Bauer","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77223,"journal":{"name":"Journal of post anesthesia nursing","volume":"10 5","pages":"306, 305"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19610337","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Developing a quality indicator logbook for the postanesthesia care unit setting.","authors":"J Zeller","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the interest of quality care, it is important for health care practitioners to examine practice and identify methods for improvement. Gathering data is one way to impact changes in practice. Recognizing that a simple, efficient method for gathering data was needed, a logbook was developed to replace the more time-consuming quality assurance form currently used at our northwest institution. Four incidents particular to the PACU were identified and included in the logbook. The goal of gathering risk indicator data about frequently occuring incidents was to make information available to nurses and adjunct health teams interested in quality assurance and improvement.</p>","PeriodicalId":77223,"journal":{"name":"Journal of post anesthesia nursing","volume":"10 5","pages":"259-64"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19610332","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}