Exam 3: Complementary and Alternative Therapies

A nurse is caring for a 34-week multiparous patient. The patient asks the nurse about taking some new herb she has heard about that will make her labor easier. The correct response from the nurse would be:

The patient reports to the nurse that she is utilizing ayurvedic medicine. Which statements would the nurse expect this patient to make? "Aryurvedic medicine:

A nursing instructor has been teaching the clinical students the difference between complementary and alternative therapies. Which statement, if made by a student, would indicate that teaching has been successful?

The nurse is admitting a patient in labor who states that she is a naturopath. The nurse understands that this patient believes:

Based on an understanding of how patients learn about complementary and alternative therapies, the nurse realizes that which of the following patients are most likely to use complementary or alternative therapy?

The nurse is sitting with a patient in labor who practices meditation. The nurse understands from this that:

A Hindu patient being admitted to the hospital practices ayurveda. The nurse knows that which piece of information is true about this practice?

The nurse is teaching a class to the community on mind-body therapies. A class participant gives an example of a friend with leukemia who was taught by her complementary therapist to concentrate on making antibodies that will fight and kill the cancer cells in the bloodstream. The nurse would describe this technique as:

The nurse who is working with patients using complementary or alternative medicine is aware that the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine is responsible for:

The patient in the first trimester of pregnancy tells the nurse she regularly sees a massage therapist to help with pain in her shoulders and neck. The nurse tells her that massage has the added advantage of:

The nurse working in an obstetrical clinic has been trained in the science of Therapeutic Touch, which she uses to help patients having pain, especially in the shoulders and back. Therapeutic Touch is based on the belief that:

The patient reports using an alternative therapy that involves the manipulation of soft tissues. This therapy has reduced the patient's stress, diminished pain, and increased circulation. This therapy is most likely:

The nurse is examining a patient in her third trimester of pregnancy. The patient's weight gain has been within normal limits, she has no swelling of her feet, and she states that she feels great. She states that she has been doing yoga 5 days a week ever since she got pregnant. The nurse understands from this that:

The nurse is teaching a community education class on complementary and alternative therapies. To assess learning, the nurse asks, "In traditional Chinese medicine, what is the invisible flow of energy in the body that maintains health and ensures physiologic functioning?" Which answer indicates teaching was successful?

The nurse is seeing a patient for the first time who says she became pregnant using in vitro fertilization. The patient explains that she had had previous attempts were not successful, but this time she also used a Chinese therapy along with the in vitro procedure to help with the positive development of a pregnancy. The nurse knows the Chinese therapy used was: