Deck 17: Complementary and Alternative Therapies

Question 1

What is the importance of the nurse asking about the patient's use of alternative therapies when obtaining a health history?

A) Alternative therapies can be covered by insurance.
B) Alternative therapies have unfortunate interactions with traditional therapies.
C) Alternative therapies can be substituted for allopathic medicine.
D) Alternative therapies have curative and healing power.

Answer 1

Alternative therapies have unfortunate interactions with traditional therapies.

Question 2

During a follow-up visit with a patient recently started on Coumadin, the home health nurse is concerned after seeing an herbal remedy that enhances the effect of anticoagulants by the patient's bedside. What is this herbal remedy?

A) Cayenne
B) Aloe vera
C) Asian ginseng
D) Kava

Answer 2

Asian ginseng

Question 3

The nurse is caring for a patient recovering from a hip replacement and is providing education regarding exercises in physical therapy. What type of therapy should the nurse call these exercises?

A) Alternative therapies
B) Complementary therapies
C) Comfort therapies
D) Body therapies

Answer 3

Complementary therapies

Question 4

What is a therapeutic treatment that joins the mind and body and increases muscle tone and flexibility?

A) Acupressure
B) Spiritual enrichment
C) Yoga therapy
D) Therapeutic massage

Question 5

Herbs have not been approved for use as drugs. How are herbs allowed to be sold?

A) For pain relief
B) To improve body strength
C) To prolong life
D) As diet supplements

Question 6

Confusion and misinformation relative to herbal medicine can make patients reluctant to disclose their herbal use to health care providers. What should be the nurse's approach?

A) Instructive
B) Nonjudgmental
C) Inquisitive
D) Determined

Question 7

The nurse describes a therapy that can produce a state of decreased cognitive, physiological, and/or behavioral arousal. To what alternative therapy is the nurse referring?

A) Subconscious
B) Imagery
C) Sleep
D) Relaxation

Question 8

What should the nurse instruct a patient who takes tincture of rosemary to do several times a day?

A) Assess pulse frequently
B) Avoid constipation
C) Watch for hypoglycemia
D) Wear sunscreen

Question 9

The nurse is educating a patient with phlebitis of the left leg. What alternative therapy should this patient avoid until the condition is resolved?

A) Acupuncture
B) Therapeutic massage
C) Yoga
D) Acupressure

Question 10

The nurse is educating a patient regarding reflexology. Information includes that reflexology is a therapy based on the theory that the entire body can be reached by applying pressure to specific areas. Where is pressure mainly applied?

A) Hands
B) Head
C) Back
D) Feet

Question 11

The nurse is obtaining health history information on a new patient at a physician's office and he or she records a barbiturate medication on the current list. What herb should the nurse ask if the patient is taking?

A) St. John's wort
B) Aloe vera
C) Valerian
D) Ginkgo

Question 12

What is the goal of herbal therapy?

A) Treat symptoms
B) Restore balance
C) Treat disease
D) Improve nutrition

Question 13

What will placing an herb in alcohol or vinegar make?

A) A suspension
B) An emulsion
C) An infusion
D) A tincture

Question 14

An older adult patient tells the home health nurse, "My doctor hasn't helped my arthritis at all. I am using the chiropractor now." What change has the patient made?

A) Western medicine to complementary therapy
B) Complementary therapy to alternative therapy
C) Alternative therapy to allopathic medicine
D) Allopathic medicine to alternative therapy

Question 15

What is the responsibility of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)?

A) To certify alternative medical practitioners
B) To evaluate effectiveness of alternative medical treatments
C) To set standards for the practice of alternative medicine
D) To train alternative medical practitioners

Question 16

What is true regarding manufacturers of herbal remedy products?

A) They do extensive field testing on the products.
B) They must show dosage equivalents.
C) They must adhere to standards of strength.
D) They do not have to demonstrate their safety.

Question 17

Acupuncture is a complementary therapy that uses fine needles placed in acupoints. What is the believed purpose of these acupoints?

A) "Close the gate" for pain transmission
B) Align the internal organs
C) Open meridians to release qi
D) Stimulate the "centering" of qi

Question 18

What type of alternative therapy is the nurse practicing when using essential oils to provide inhalation treatments?

A) Magnet therapy
B) Respiratory therapy
C) Herbal therapy
D) Aromatherapy

Question 19

Which term describes using the conscious mind to create situations that evoke physical changes in the body?

A) Imagination
B) Self-hypnosis
C) Imagery
D) Visualization

Question 20

What type of therapy is thought to increase circulation to the affected area, promote healing, and stimulate acupuncture points?

A) Relaxation therapy
B) Magnetic therapy
C) Yoga therapy
D) Imagery therapy

Question 21

A patient wants to use aromatherapy to treat pneumonia, but the hospital policy will not allow burning of eucalyptus-scented candles. What should the nurse suggest the patient use instead?

A) Another essential oil
B) Prescribed medications
C) A topical eucalyptus product
D) Massage therapy

Question 22

The nurse reassures a patient that almost _____% of all health care consumers in the United States take some form of herbal or natural supplement alone or in combination with conventional medicines but rarely report this practice to their health care providers.

Question 23

Founded in 1992, the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) has the responsibility for what actions? (Select all that apply.)

A) Evaluating alternative treatments
B) Distributing information to the public
C) Coordinating and conducting research
D) Removing defective products from the market
E) Regulating third-party reimbursement

Question 24

The nurse recommends that a patient have animal-assisted therapy sessions (AAT) because this therapy has been found to have what effect(s)? (Select all that apply.)

A) Improvement in mood
B) Decrease in blood pressure
C) Decrease in blood sugar
D) Reduction of allergies
E) Increase in socialization skills

Question 25

___________________is a noninvasive method an individual can employ to learn control of the body to manage certain conditions. Monitoring equipment is used to measure vital signs and muscle tension. The messages are sent back to the individual.

Question 26

Herbal remedies vary from pharmaceutical remedies in what way(s)? (Select all that apply.)

A) Herbal remedies use the whole plant.
B) Herbal remedies have no quality control.
C) Herbal remedies have no standard dose.
D) Herbal remedies are sold as food supplements.
E) Herbal remedies are always safe and effective.

Question 27

What training system may help prevent osteoporosis?

A) Acupressure
B) Yoga
C) Therapeutic massage
D) Tai chi

Question 28

Why do people often choose complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)? (Select all that apply.)

A) CAM is less invasive.
B) CAM is more holistic.
C) CAM is focused on treatment of disease.
D) CAM is dedicated to health maintenance.
E) CAM is within the control of the patient.

Question 29

A patient admitted with lower back pain is not sure that the prescribed treatment is helping and asks what alternative therapies might help. What should the nurse suggest?

A) Herbal therapy
B) Chiropractic therapy
C) Acupressure
D) Reflexology

Question 30

People with fractures, rheumatoid arthritis, and osteoporosis are not candidates for ____________ therapy.