Background and Objective: Nausea is the worst, prevalent chemotherapy- induced complication. The purpose of this research is to investigate the effect of therapeutic touch plan on chemotherapy- induced nausea in breast cancer women in Isfahan, 2012-2013.

  Material and Methods: this quasi-experimental clinical trial was conducted in 2012 -2013 on three groups of intervention, placebo and control. The intervention was the therapeutic touch applying on the breast of the women undergone chemotherapy with the same medicine regiment. The data related to the times of nausea was recorded four times in a day by a checklist and analyzed by SPSS-16, using ANOVA & Kruskal–Wallis.

  Results: the Findings showed that the therapeutic touch was significantly effective than control and placebo in reducing the duration of nausea. On the effect of suggestion, the times of nausea were diminished in both intervention and placebo. The onset of nausea was delayed in intervention compared to placebo and control.

  Conclusion: owing to the effect on acute chemotherapy- induced nausea, it is recommended that therapeutic touch program be educated and implemented by clinical nurses.

Background: Receiving Oxygen during Cesarean section under spinal anesthesia can be a good way to prevent from nausea and vomiting of mothers and hypoxemia of fetus. This study aimed to compare the effect of two treatment methods of Oxygen therapy with facemask and nasal catheter on vomiting and nausea and patient's comfort during Cesarean section under spinal anesthesia.

Methods: This clinical trial study was conducted  on 50 candidate patients for elective cesarean section, recruited via convenience sampling , were divided into two groups. For the first group, 8 liters of Oxygen per minute with face mask and for the second one, 4 liters of Oxygen per minute with nasal catheter was administered during cesarean section and after that in recovery unit. Nausea, vomiting and comfort were recorded during the first 30 min of surgery and in recovery unit. Data were analyzed by Mann-Whitney test, independent t test, Fisher's exact test and Chi-square tests.

 Results: No significant difference was observed between two groups in terms of nausea and vomiting during surgery and after that.  Moreover, there was no significant difference between two groups in terms of comfort during (p=0.14) and after surgery (p=0.12).  In terms of clinical treatment, patients who received Oxygen through nasal catheter felt more comfort.

Conclusion: Nasal catheter by administering lower dose of oxygen had a similar effect to face mask on nausea and vomiting. Therefore, since patients feel more comfort when using nasal catheter, it is preferable in preventing the nausea and vomiting in Cesarean section during spinal anesthesia.