sniffing alcohol swab for nausea?

[vickynurse]

I know this sounds very weird, but here goes. Nurses in several area hospitals are helping patients to sniff the fumes from alcohol swabs as a nursing intervention to treat nausea. Clearly this is not appropriate and could be dangerous according to the MDS. How would you go about addressing this situation? Obviously it needs to be brought up with the charge nurse and hospital director of education. Students need to be apprised as well. Beyond that what would be an appropriate response as an educator?

[southernatheart]

You know, I read a study in a nursing journal a couple months back about the practice of hanging ETOH on chronic alcoholics who needed immediate surgery to prevent detox.

[SuzieJ_RN]

I'm a flight nurse, and have used this on those long, bumpy flights when my lunch is trying to escape, and it does work....