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Psycho-Immunomodulatory Benefits of Aromatherapy
Published in Mehwish Iqbal, Complementary and Alternative Medicinal Approaches for Enhancing Immunity, 2023
Essential oils are usually acquired from a variety of fragrant plants; these oils are condensed steam distillates and also consist of manifestations from the rind of citrus fruits. On the basis of their chemistry, essential oils of plants are diversified mixtures; among others, they have the tendency to bind or dissolve with lipids or fats. Their volatile hydrocarbon monoterpenoids include phenols, alcohols, aldehydes, oxides and ketones, while the slightly evaporative sesquiterpenoids include their oxides, alcohols and aldehydes. The influence of smell can be prompt, having an effect on human psychology either directly or indirectly, yet imagining an aroma may have an influence similar to that of the aroma. The combination of various aforementioned constituents in essential oils is responsible for the distinctive smells (Urba, 1996; Walsh, 1996). The essential oils that are breathed in or applied locally on the skin apply quantifiable psychological effects, which indicates that the influence of essential oils is principally pharmacological. This interpretation is reinforced by increasingly described uses of aromatherapy and particular EOs in the treatment of depression, enduring pain, anxiety and a few cognitive diseases, along with stress-associated ailments and insomnia (Heuberger et al., 2001). Aromatherapy is the promptly emerging field amongst other complementary therapies in the United States of America, especially in nurses, and has currently been identified as a permissible and legal part of holistic nursing (Buckle, 2001; Keegan, 2003).
Complementary Therapies
Published in Margaret O’Connor, Sanchia Aranda, Susie Wilkinson, Palliative Care Nursing, 2018
The concept of holistic nursing has received some criticism in recent years. This is partly due to the increased workloads of nurses, and partly due to a work environment that values technology, the medical model, task achievement, and professional detachment (Mackey 1998).
Impact of Caring on Families and Carers
Published in Mary E. Braine, Julie Wray, Supporting Families & Carers, 2018
Put simply, isolation is a lack of normal social contacts or social connectedness. The negative health-related consequences of being socially isolated are well established and as a result have attracted increasing interest from various authorities, including the UK government. For example, the launch of national networks to support loneliness in older people such as the Campaign to End Loneliness in 2011 and the more recent Care and Support White Paper (DH 2012) recognises loneliness and social isolation as a major issue in society. According to the World Health Organization (WHO 1948), health is defined as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Thus, holistic nursing care should include social well-being aspects which encompass isolation in order that nurses can understand how it may affect caregivers and take steps to reduce it.
Effects of care given in line with Levine’s Conservation Model on the quality of life of women receiving infertility treatment: A single blind randomized controlled trial
Published in Health Care for Women International, 2023
The infertility treatment process not only is physically painful and emotionally stressful for couples, but also brings about financial burden (Hasanpoor-Azghdy et al., 2014). In this process, the quality of life of women is affected more negatively than that of men (Nagórska et al., 2019). Evaluation of the quality of life of infertile women during the treatment process and evaluation of their ability to cope with conditions that may negatively affect their quality of life are very important for the success of the treatment (Xiaoli et al., 2016). There is a need for holistic nursing care, in order for women to cope with situations that may negatively affect their quality of life. In the present study, the effect of care given to women under the guidance of the LCM, which provides a holistic perspective to the care of women receiving infertility treatment, on their fatigue and quality of life was investigated. It was determined that the care given under the guidance of the LCM significantly reduced the women’s fatigue levels and significantly increased their quality of life. It was deemed appropriate to discuss the findings as a whole and in line with Levine’s 4 conservation principles.
Swedish Mental Health Nurses’ Experiences of Portrayals of Mental Illness in Public Media
Published in Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 2020
Mattias Liljeqvist, Sara Kling, Malin Hallén, Henrika Jormfeldt
Further research is needed in regards to how mental illness is portrayed in social media and how the lack of perspectives other than the medical one affects the public perception of mental illness. Studies including younger psychiatric nurses with less experience of the professional role may yield more information about public opinion on mental illness. There is also a need to study the perspective of journalists who cover the field of mental illness. Further research in these areas can lead to an expanded understanding of the impact of public media on the perception of mental illness and the possibilities for improving the public perception and understanding of mental illness. Psychiatric nurses need to be more visible and take a larger role in media, to counteract the current one-sided reporting of mental illness. The awareness of a current lack of a holistic nursing perspective on mental illness and the possible consequences of bringing attention to a holistic perspective on mental illness in the public media needs to be addressed by psychiatric nurses, care organizations and journalists. The holistic nursing perspective should be at least as common in the public media as the narrower biomedical perspective of mental illness. An awareness of the existing shortage of a holistic perspective on mental illness in public media also needs to be introduced into the mental health nursing education and form the basis for discussions during the courses with mental health nursing students.
Surveying the Landscape of Structural Heart Disease Coordination: An Exploratory Study of the Coordinator Role
Published in Structural Heart, 2019
Elizabeth M. Perpetua, Sarah E. Clarke, Kimberly A. Guibone, Patricia A. Keegan, Martina K. Speight
The most comprehensive publication relevant to the SHD Coordinator role was the International Society of Adult Congenital Heart Disease position statement on the nurse coordinator essential skills and role in optimizing team-based care.6 This well-referenced document draws from evidence and guidelines on the holistic nursing care of this specific patient population. Four articles pertained to SHD care coordination, of which three reference the Coordinator role. Lauck and colleagues20 provided the first description of this role in an elegant report of the implementation of a coordinator position to support processes of care in their transcatheter heart valve center. Hawkey and colleagues21 enumerated responsibilities of the Coordinator in an early review of best practices in TAVR program development. These two papers did not reference a process through which responsibilities were determined, or how duties may be stratified by education or licensure. In a review of TAVR, Lachell and Henry22 declared the importance of the Coordinator’s careful and thorough assessment without evidence to support this statement. In the first published work of an innovative regional systems of care model for TAVR, Stub and co-authors23 reported that nurse program coordinators have responsibility for facilitating patient access, standardized referral management and assessment, wait list management, triage coordination, follow-up and data collection. Further detail on the scope of the role was not provided. Collectively, this literature review verified that there are no data-driven descriptions of the Coordinator role germane to SHD.