Essential Oils in Nursing: Bridging Eastern and Western Medicine with Rose Murray

In this course of the Holistic Nurse Academy, Rose, a registered nurse with nearly two decades of experience across research, the VA, home health, and hospice, discusses how Essential Oils can be used in nursing. Rose shares her journey into holistic modalities, emphasizing her role as an "option giver" who empowers patients to take control of their health through small but impactful changes. The course focuses heavily on the practical and clinical use of essential oils, covering key topics such as:

Concentration and Efficiency: Rose explains how essential oils, like lemon oil, are highly condensed—comparing one bottle to a field of lemon trees—allowing for faster results in areas like liver cleansing and digestive support.

Clinical Applications for Nurses: The discussion explores how practitioners can use oils at the bedside for deodorizing wounds, managing pain, and stopping bleeding. Rose even shares a case where oils successfully managed a T12 fracture's pain when traditional medications were not tolerated.

Safety and Quality Standards: Because the oil industry is largely unregulated, Rose warns against low-quality products that may contain hexane. She also provides vital safety tips regarding carrier oils, skin patch tests, and the 12-drop daily limit to avoid desensitization.

Enhancing the Healing Environment: The pair discuss using oils to boost clinician focus while charting, masking unpleasant odors in home health settings, and combining oils with therapeutic touch or acupressure to exponentially benefit patient outcomes.
Frequency and Longevity: Rose delves into the concept of vibrational frequency in oils like frankincense and rose, and how these tools support her goal of vital longevity.

This episode serves as a foundational introduction to Rose’s upcoming course at the Holistic Nurse Academy, which will provide in-depth training on roller bottle recipes, specific nursing practice integrations, and choosing high-quality oils.