運用芳香療法重塑醫護人員身心靈平衡

The Use of Aromatherapy to Rebuild the Body-Mind-Spirit Balance of Nursing Professionals

國際上越來越關注工作壓力、勞動條件和職場心理危害對身心健康的影響，而護理人員的工作壓力更是全球性的議題。身為照護第一線的工作者，與病人互動的時間最長，是醫病之間重要的橋樑，更經常是病情惡化的第一發現者，造成醫護人員面臨多方面的工作壓力，包括病人的照護、病情變化的判斷、滿足家屬的需求、參與跨團隊合作、參與提升專業能力的課程要求。當充滿壓力的醫療環境無法立即改善時，尋找適切的紓解壓力方式變得至關重要。紓解壓力的方式很多，聽音樂、走向大自然、冥想、正念、瑜珈、芳香療法、繪畫等方法都能達到舒壓的目的，其中芳香療法是以嗅吸、按摩、泡澡、噴霧等方法，具有簡易操作的特性，常被廣泛運用在身心調適。本文探討芳香療法對於改善醫護人員工作壓力、睡眠、提振精神之成效及常見的執行方式與運用。總結來說，芳香療法對於降低護理師的工作壓力、增進身心健康和提升工作效率有正面影響，而在重塑醫護人員身心靈平衡的部分，則需要有更多芳香療法的研究來實證其效果。

Global attention was increasingly drawn to the impact resulted from work pressure, work conditions and occupational psychosocial hazard. As frontline workers to provide medical care to patients, medical professionals must face huge pressure, such as caring patients, satisfying the needs of family members, participating in transdisciplinary teamwork and fulfilling professional requirement. Therefore, it is urgent to find appropriate ways, such as meditation, mindfulness, yoga and drawing, to relieve high degree of pressure for them. Aromatherapy, an easily approachable model, is widely used through sniffing, massage, bathing and aromatic spray. This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of aromatherapy on improving sleep quality, lifting up spirits and reducing for health providers. The findings show that aromatherapy has positive impact on reducing work pressure of nursing professionals, improving their physical and mental health, enhancing their work effectiveness, and rebuilding their body-minds-pirit balance. However, more evidence-based researches are required for the effect of aromatherapy.