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Thesis/Dissertation Information
- Degree Disciplines:
- Nursing
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- Abstract:
- Background: Nurses are at the forefront of patient care; as such, their well-being is crucial to safe, quality patient care. Physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being impacts a nurse’s health. The nursing profession is facing high levels of stress that have become a global public health problem (WHO, 2016). Nurses’ work environments are stressful because of heavy workload, higher acuity patients, and self-neglect. Nurses’ neglect of self-care is due to the fast pace demands of today’s healthcare system. This is one of the factors that negatively impact patient care and safety, along with the adverse impact it has on the nurses’ well-being. There are a number of integrative holistic modalities which promote health. Aromatherapy is one which may be beneficial to reduce stress and improve well-being. There is little known about the efficacy of aromatherapy among the nursing population for the use of decreasing stress in the workplace. Purpose: The purpose of the research is to understand the lived experience of nurses using aromatherapy as a self-care practice to maintain or restore well-being and decrease work stress. Theoretical Framework: The researcher used hermeneutic phenomenology guided by van Manen’s (1990) framework. Methods: This study is a phenomenological hermeneutic qualitative study. Results: Four related themes, stressing, caring for self, education for aromatherapy, and remembering, emerge from the rich lived stories of nurse participants who use aromatherapy for well-being. Conclusions: This study gives an understanding of the use of aromatherapy for self-transcendence of the nurse participants in order to achieve well-being. The research gives evidence to healthier nurse participants who acquired self-knowledge in order to use aromatherapy for their self-care.
- Thesis:
- Thesis (Ph.D.)--Barry University, 2018.
- Bibliography:
- Includes bibliographical references (leaves 148-159).
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- Barry University
- Holding Location:
- Barry University Archives and Special Collections
- Rights Management:
- Copyright Maria J. Perez. Permission granted to Barry University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder.
- Resource Identifier:
- RT67.P47 2018_PerezMariaJ ( BU-Local )
- Classification:
- RT67.P47 2018 ( lcc )
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