What do nurses know about postoperative nausea and vomiting?
Postoperative nausea and vomiting continues to be a distressing problem despite the availability of new information. Identifying gaps in nursing knowledge and then creating a culture of learning is one way to address these potentially harmful symptoms.
Lewthwaite
Barbara J
BJ
Woman and Child Program, St. Boniface General Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008350:Manitoba; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D020250:Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018570:Risk Assessment