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The purpose of this quality improvement project was to evaluate the impact of implementation of a standardized nausea assessment tool, the Baxter Animated Retching Faces (BARF) scale, on nursing compliance with nausea assessment and the frequency and severity of patient-reported CINV for children with cancer. Method: The Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle was used to implement this practice change. With stakeholder support and hospital governance council approval, the BARF scale was introduced into the electronic medical record. Nurses were provided education about the assessment tool and were given badge buddy cards to prompt use of the tool, and workstation reminders were created. A root cause analysis was conducted to provide feedback for continuous quality improvement. Results: Retrospective, aggregate electronic medical record data from May 2018 to April 2019 were analyzed for assessment compliance, total number of admissions with vomiting episodes, and average BARF score. Over the 12-month implementation period, run charts demonstrated a shift in nursing practice with increased compliance in documented nausea assessments during the second 6-month period. There was not a significant decrease in patient-reported CINV. Conclusion: The use of standardized nausea assessments based on patient self-reporting can provide useful and consistent feedback for nurses and health care providers. This quality improvement project demonstrated increased compliance with nausea assessment documentation. 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