Vocabulary
The pleasant or distinctive smell of a substance or plant.
What is the odor or aroma?
This common practice may cause patients to refuse the isopropyl alcohol pad intervention even though inhaling vapor from them to stop nausea can have an efficacy rate of 50%.
What is disinfecting the skin prior to unpleasant procedures, such as needle sticks?
This is the biggest safety concern in the healthcare environment from undiluted essential oils.
What is skin or mucous membrane irritation?
This term is often used interchangeably with ‘essential oil therapy’, but some experts feel it does not accurately define the exclusive use of pure essential oils.
What is Aromatherapy?
These two senses are intrinsically linked, so it is best practice to blend a number of essential oils together when treating nausea, as more complex aromas show the least conditioned aversion effect.
What are Taste and Smell?
This occurs when someone’s experiences or attitudes influence how they evaluate a smell as positive or
negative.
What is Scent Bias?
For individuals with profound nausea, taking oral medications is difficult and can be pointless if this happens.
What is emesis?
The Food and Drug administration designated certain essential oils as this when used as a food additive, but has not established official “safe” ambient concentrations for essential oils.
What is “generally recognized as safe” (GRAS)?
An extraction method used with citrus, where the rind is scraped or grated, and subjected to centrifugal force to remove the essential oil.
What is Cold Pressing?
Since aromatherapy does not involve any drugs, this is not necessary.
What is a doctor's order or pharmacy involvement?
Patient care actions sanctioned by professional nurse practice acts within the scope of nursing knowledge and skills, that can be performed or delegated without obtaining a physician’s permission or order.
What are Independent Nursing Interventions?
Nurses are licensed to prescribe, perform, or delegate, based on their knowledge and skills, these actions which do not require a physician’s order.
What are Independent Nursing Interventions?