title: Understanding anticipatory nausea.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Wichita State University, Kansas, USA. eckert@chp.twsu.edu
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Eckert
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D000367:Age Factors; D000932:Antiemetics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods; D003214:Conditioning, Classical; D006801:Humans; D019018:Imagery, Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000523:psychology; D011788:Quality of Life; D012064:Relaxation Therapy; D012307:Risk Factors; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012737:Sex Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014840:Vomiting, Anticipatory / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology
chemical_list: D000932:Antiemetics; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents