Aesthetic nursing and aromatherapy: reflection on interlocution, applicability and potential
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: OBJECTIVES: to reflect on aromatherapy in the specialty of aesthetic nursing. METHODS: a theoretical essay of a reflective nature, with integrative and complementary health as a conceptual framework, supported by both international and national literature, with analysis of previous and current professional legislation. DEVELOPMENT: presented in two topics that are interconnected and discuss the points of convergence between the topics under analysis: the increased demand for products of natural origin and for aesthetic procedures that are less invasive point to the dialogue, applicability and potential of aromatherapy in aesthetic nursing. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: recent legislation on aesthetic nursing in Brazil indicates the constant improvement of this specialty, which reinforces the need for work that enables the transfer of knowledge for safe and effective practice.
Source: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
Authors: Amanda Karina Santos Vieira, Ruth Natalia Teresa Turrini, Gisele Chicone, Juliana Rizzo Gnatta
Institution: Universidade de São Paulo
Language: English
Subfield: Complementary and alternative medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $247
OpenAlex ID: W4413112043