Exam 32: Complementary and Alternative Therapies

The 1994 Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act impacted herbal therapies in what way?

Which medication could cause an abnormal drug interaction in a patient taking an antidepressant medication?

The group leader is overheard saying to the gathering of patients,"Focus on your breathing once again…notice how it is regular…Now focus on your left arm…Notice how relaxed your left arm feels…Notice the relaxation going down the left arm to the hand." The nursing student asks the nursing preceptor what the unit group leader is doing.The best answer is which of the following?

Physiological symptoms of a stress response include all of the following except

A teen with an anxiety disorder is referred for biofeedback because her parents do not want her on anxiolytics.The nurse recognizes that the teen understands her health education on biofeedback when she states,"Biofeedback will

The therapy that is more effective in treating physical ailments than in preventing disease or managing chronic illness is _____ medicine.

A holistic nurse would be a nurse who

A 70-year-old patient is newly admitted to a skilled nursing facility with the diagnoses of Alzheimer's dementia,lipidemia,and hypertension,and a history of pulmonary embolism.Medications brought on admission included lisinopril,hydrochlorothiazide,warfarin,low-dose aspirin,ginkgo biloba,and echinacea.The nurse contacts the patient's medical provider over which potential drug-drug interaction?

A long-term outcome for an individual who is learning relaxation therapy is

In a cardiac dysrhythmia clinic,a patient inquires about using acupuncture to help alleviate stress.The nurse's best answer is which of the following?

The organization that facilitates the evaluation of alternative medical treatments is the

Drawbacks of complementary and alternative therapies would be all of the following except

The complementary and alternative therapy that is known to alter immune function is which of the following?

A patient asks about the new clinic in town that is staffed by allopathic and complementary practitioners.The nurse recognizes that the patient is most likely asking about which clinic?

One benefit of meditation over other forms of behavioral therapy is that meditation

A basic foundational principle of chiropractic care is that

A therapeutic touch practitioner scans the patient's body to identify what?

An acquaintance of a nurse asks for a nonmedical approach for excessive worry and work stress.The most appropriate CAM therapy that the nurse can recommend is

A patient describes practicing a complementary and alternative therapy involving concentrating and controlling his respiratory rate and pattern,recognizing that breath work is to yoga as

During a relaxation therapy skills group,the instructor discusses the cognitive skill of learning to tolerate uncertain and unfamiliar experiences.This best describes the skill of