Exam 18: Nutrition

Which alternative healing system developed in the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries emphasized the efficacy of natural cures such as herbs, hydrotherapy, nutrition therapy, and manual manipulation?

Which alternative therapy focuses on using manual thrusts to correct musculoskeletal misalignments or subluxations, which contribute to a loss of homeostasis resulting in illness and nerve dysfunction?

Which of the following is an energy therapy?

Define meditation and list some of the more common types of meditation approaches.

Which of the following touch therapies focuses on the phenomenon of a human energy field or aura surrounding the body that is connected to the body's well-being?

You are a nurse, and an older patient of yours, Mary, has just mentioned to you that she has begun taking herbal supplements to help improve her health. Which of the following recommendations would you give Mary regarding her use of herbs? Select all that apply.

You are a nurse practitioner, and one of your patients mentions that she has begun taking an herb to reduce stress, fatigue, and exhaustion and enhance her learning and thinking. Which of the following herbs would you most suspect she is taking?