Johnson Kari, West Toni, Diana Shelly, Todd Jodi, Haynes Brianna, Bernhardt Judy, Johnson Roberta
Honor Health John C Lincoln Medical Center, 250 East Dunlap Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85020, United States.
Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2017 Jun;40:18-25. doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2017.01.006. Epub 2017 Feb 23.
Workplace stress can affect nurse satisfaction. Aroma therapy as a therapeutic use of essential oil can be beneficial in reducing stress.
Assess perceived stress pre-post introduction of Essential Oil Lavender among registered nurses, charge nurses, and patient care technicians in a trauma intensive care unit, surgical specialty care unit and an orthopedic trauma unit.
Pre-post intervention with a quasi-experimental design. After a pre-survey, Essential Oil Lavender was diffused 24h per day over 30days in a designated nursing area that all nurses were not required to enter on each unit.
Dependent sample t-test for "how often do nurses feel stressed a work in a typical week" revealed pre-survey mean 2.97 (SD=0.99) which was significantly higher than post-survey mean 2.70 (SD=0.92) with significance, t(69)=2.36, p=0.021, suggesting a difference in how often staff felt stressed at work in a typical week, trending down from "feeling stressed half of time" to "once in a while". There were no statistically significant differences in pre-post survey scores for TICU, TOU, or SSC as separate units.
Use of essential oils to decrease work-related stress among nursing staff may improve retention, workplace environment, and increase nurse satisfaction.
工作场所压力会影响护士的满意度。芳香疗法作为一种对精油的治疗性应用，可能有助于减轻压力。
评估在创伤重症监护病房、外科专科护理单元和骨科创伤单元中，注册护士、护士长和患者护理技术员在引入薰衣草精油前后所感受到的压力。
采用准实验设计进行干预前后研究。在预调查之后，薰衣草精油在每个单元的指定护理区域每天扩散24小时，持续30天，并非所有护士都必须进入该区域。
对“护士在典型的一周工作中感到压力的频率如何”进行的配对样本t检验显示，预调查均值为2.97（标准差=0.99），显著高于调查后均值2.70（标准差=0.92），显著性t(69)=2.36，p=0.021，这表明工作人员在典型一周工作中感到压力的频率存在差异，从“一半时间感到压力”降至“偶尔感到压力”。作为独立单元，TICU、TOU或SSC的预调查和后调查分数在统计学上没有显著差异。
使用精油减轻护理人员的工作相关压力可能会提高留职率、改善工作场所环境并提高护士满意度。
