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We live in fast times. It’s a time when hospitals are understaffed, performance is increasingly driven by corporate metrics, and national healthcare policy complicates the efficacy of medical systems and medical professionals — taking a toll on their own health. A 2017 survey that gathered data from over 18,000 nurses living in the US found that, besides retirement, job dissatisfaction
You asked, we answered! More specifically, Soothing Scents founder Wendy Nichols (BSN, APRN, CRNA) sat down to talk about bad products, essential oil therapy, and why inhaled is better. How do I know whether I’m buying a good essential oil (EO) product? What should I look out for? Let’s start with what to avoid. So a big red flag is when you see
The effect that inhaled essential oils has on nausea is still a pretty well-kept secret. It’s a unique blend of these oils with which we’ve created our own range of remedies for nausea, morning sickness, focus and stress relief. But how does it work exactly? Here’s how: You can learn more about how we’re making a new kind of nausea
Few wellness brands can say that they were formed within the four walls of an operating room. Soothing Scents formally launched in 2004, but really started a few years before, when a nurse anesthetist from Maine was trying to figure out a way to lessen the discomfort of post-op nausea experienced by her hospital patients. That nurse anesthetist was Wendy
Therapeutic inhaled essential oil use, or TIEO for short, has proved to be a remarkably effective alternative to traditional, and often unpleasant, PONV remedies. But why are hospitals so reluctant to adopt the practice? It has been an interesting experience trying to convey the profound benefits of essential oils to healthcare practitioners over the years. Since so many of us
To mark the launch of our new medical DuoBAND, founder Wendy Nichols explains how to use P6 acupressure bands, and how they can help medical professionals in the more traditional hospital setting. For those of us from conventional healthcare backgrounds, understanding alternative therapies for nausea, like P6 acupressure bands, hasn’t come easy. In our world, a symptom appears, a drug is
