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Podium Presentation: Opioid Use Among Total Knee Arthroplasty Patients, Kelsie Welle, Karen Colorafi, Kenn Daratha
Podium Presentation: Opioid Use Among Total Knee Arthroplasty Patients, Kelsie Welle, Karen Colorafi, Kenn Daratha
2022 Providence Nurse Research Conference
No abstract provided.
Identifying Skin Integrity Issues In The Post Anesthesia Care Unit: A Qualitative Improvement Project, Lori Patten
Identifying Skin Integrity Issues In The Post Anesthesia Care Unit: A Qualitative Improvement Project, Lori Patten
2022 Providence Nurse Research Conference
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Will Apfel Score Awareness Among Caregivers Improve Postoperative Nausea And Vomiting (Ponv) Incidence And Management In Day Surgery?, Leni Alejo, Cherry De Guia, Cassandra Luck-Bird, Cynthia Rodriguez, Lilibeth Paloso, Gillian Ramirez, Deborah Graham
Will Apfel Score Awareness Among Caregivers Improve Postoperative Nausea And Vomiting (Ponv) Incidence And Management In Day Surgery?, Leni Alejo, Cherry De Guia, Cassandra Luck-Bird, Cynthia Rodriguez, Lilibeth Paloso, Gillian Ramirez, Deborah Graham
2022 Providence Nurse Research Conference
Background: Evidence supports Apfel Simplified Risk Score (SRS) as being effective in predicting postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) in patients following general anesthesia. Raising awareness of a person’s risk for PONV allows for prescription of antiemetics based on the Apfel SRS. Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) for the management of PONV highlight first identifying patients’ risk to better manage anesthesia side effects. A team of nurses working in a tertiary hospital in Texas led a project using the Apfel SRS to improve PONV management.
Purpose: To raise awareness of patients' PONV risk perioperatively to improve patient outcomes of PONV events, prophylactic …