The effects of lavender and rosemary essential oils on test-taking anxiety among graduate nursing students

Holistic Nursing Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 88-93

  McCaffrey, Ruth ^a   Thomas, Debra J ^b   Kinzelman, Ann Orth ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatherapy; Graduate nursing students; Lavender; Rosemary; Test anxiety

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; LAVENDER OIL; ROSEMARY OIL; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANXIETY; AROMATHERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NURSING STUDENT; PERSONALITY TEST; ROSEMARY;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ANXIETY; AROMATHERAPY; BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS; ROSMARINUS; STUDENTS, NURSING; TEST ANXIETY SCALE;

EID: 63049116033     PISSN: 08879311     EISSN: 15505138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HNP.0b013e3181a110aa     Document Type: Article

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