Understanding anticipatory nausea.
OBJECTIVE
To address the concept of anticipatory nausea within the theoretical framework of classical conditioning.


METHODS
Published articles, book chapters.


RESULTS
Although classical conditioning explains much in the development of anticipatory nausea, other factors also are at work. Preventing this phenomenon is necessary because it is difficult to treat and control once it develops.


CONCLUSIONS
Nurses are in a position to identify patients at highest risk for developing anticipatory nausea and implement interventional strategies to prevent/minimize it.


CONCLUSIONS
Many aspects of anticipatory nausea have not yet been researched well. Nurses must study how anticipatory nausea develops and interventions that can be used to reduce its prevalence.
Eckert
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RM
Wichita State University, Kansas, USA. eckert@chp.twsu.edu
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