Exam 17: Complementary Alternative Therapies

Which of these statements about healing touch is TRUE?

What is the fundamental concept of reflexology?

Which of the following clients would be the BEST candidate for touch therapy?

The inseparable connection and operation of thoughts,feelings,and physiologic functions is known as:

The nurse is caring for a client using therapies instead of conventional or mainstream medical treatments.This nurse is aware that this client's caring includes:

The client uses a macrobiotic diet.The nurse is aware that this includes the main use of which types of food?

Which of the following statements about hypnosis is TRUE?

Nonnutritive,physiologically active compounds that are present in fruits such as cantaloupe,oranges and other citruses,grapes,strawberries,raspberries,and cherries,and in vegetables such as onions,garlic,carrots,sweet potatoes,squash,and pumpkin are known as:

The nurse is caring for a client on a hospice unit who has been diagnosed with terminal cancer.The plan of care might include the use of which complementary therapies to help reduce the client's cancer pain? (Select all that apply. )

The nurse is caring for a Chinese American client and understands that an essential component of traditional Chinese healing practice includes:

Folk healer-priests who have the power to heal by working with spirits to encourage their full return to an individual.These guardian of the spirits are known as:

Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding the performance of alternative or complementary therapies by nurses?

When acting as a healing facilitator,the nurse enters into a relationship with a client for what purpose?

The client has undergone surgery to remove a ruptured appendix.The purpose of the surgery was to bring about a state of:

Substances such as vitamins C and E,beta-carotene,and selenium are examples of:

A client is experiencing acute pain for which pain medication is not indicated.The nurse can teach the client which of the following complementary interventions to assist with pain control?

When nurses assess clients,it is essential that they include questions about:

The nurse is caring for a client from India and is aware that the client's culture may include the belief that prevention of illness and restoration of health through inner search and spiritual growth is the primary goal of which spiritually based system?

The client uses a technique of releasing blocked energy within an individual when specific points along the meridians are pressed or massaged by the practitioner's fingers,thumbs,and heels of the hands.This is an example of:

A Chinese client may believe that disease results when the energy flow is blocked and that a healing technique releases blocked energy by pressing or massaging certain points along the meridians.This technique is known as: