Evaluating the Aromatherapy Recommendation for Pain in the Holistic Nurses' Pain Relief Tools for Patients and Self-Care.

The purpose of the study was to evaluate the usefulness of the aromatherapy (AT) recommendation in the American Holistic Nurses Association's (AHNA's) (Pain Tool). An observational survey design was used and a purposeful sample of 55 nurses were invited to a two-part, 15-question survey administered via SurveyMonkey. The demographic data were analyzed with quantitative analysis and the open-ended questions were analyzed via content analysis.

What's in a Definition? , and : Report of an Integrated Literature Review.

Nurses and others have used various terms to describe our caring/healing approach to practice. Because terms used can influence our image of ourselves and the image others have of us, we sought to clarify their meanings. How are the terms , and defined or described? Do we identify with these definitions/descriptions? Are the various terms the same or are they distinct? We conducted an integrated review of peer-reviewed literature following the process described by Whittemore and Knafl.