Date of Award
Fall 12-2016
Degree Name
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
Committee Chair
Dr. Cathy Hughes
Committee Chair Department
Nursing
Committee Member 2
Dr. Marjorie Geisz-Everson
Committee Member 2 Department
Nursing
Committee Member 3
Michong Rayborn
Committee Member 3 Department
Nursing
Abstract
One prominent side effect in the use of a neuraxial anesthesia is pruritus, with an incidence in the obstetric patient of 60-100% (Kumar & Singh, 2013). Another side effect of an epidural placement is nausea and vomiting. Nausea and vomiting occurs frequently during the progress of labor and is difficult to determine an incidence that is related to epidural opioid administration (Chestnut, Wong, Tsen, Ngan Kee, Beilin, & Mhyre, 2014). A review of literature was performed and established evidence that ondansetron is effective in reducing incidence of pruritus in intrathecal administered opioids for cesarean sections in the obstetric patient. No literature was found in ondansetron reducing either incidence of nausea/vomiting or pruritus in post epidural administered opioids for obstetric patient. A retrospective chart review was completed and statistical analysis concluded that in this sample ondansetron was not effective in reducing nausea/vomiting or pruritus in the obstetric population (Pruritus p = .195 and Nausea/Vomiting p = .844).
Copyright
2016, Benjamin Stephen Butler
Recommended Citation
Butler, Benjamin Stephen, "Efficacy of Intravenous Ondansetron in Relieving Nausea/Vomiting and Pruritus Post Epidural Administered Opioids in the Obstetric Patient" (2016). Doctoral Projects. 56.
https://aquila.usm.edu/dnp_capstone/56