NURS 2900 exam 4 Questions with Correct Answers
Alternative medicine correct answer✔✔ In place of biomedicine.
conventional care
Complementary Medicine correct answer✔✔ Together with
biomedicine/ conventional care
Integrative Medicine correct answer✔✔ Bring together in a coordinated
way biomedicine/ conventional care and complementary care
approaches/ therapies
NCCIH Role, Mission, Vision correct answer✔✔ (National Center for
Complementary and Integrative Health)
Role: The federal governments lead agency for scientific research on
complementary and integrative health approaches
Mission: through rigorous scientific investigation, the usefulness and
safety of complementary and integrative health interventions and their
roles in improving health and health care
Vision: that scientific evidence informs decision making by the public,
by health care professional, and by health policymakers regarding the
use and integration of complementary and integrative health approaches
,NCCIH focus areas correct answer✔✔ five categories of
complementary/ integrative medicine:
1. biologically-based therapies
2. manipulative and body-based therapies
3. energy therapies
4. mind-body medicine
5. alternative medical systems
Why'd o consumers use complementary and integrative medicine?
correct answer✔✔ - use goes up as health declines
-use increases with chronic pain or chronic illnesses
- adherence to a holistic philosophy of life
- offers consumers more choices and additional methods in their medical
care and treatment
Safe use of complementary/ integrative therapies correct answer✔✔ -
safety depends on the specific therapy(each complementary product or
practice should be considered on its own)
- mind and body practices are generally considered to be safe in healthy
people when practiced appropriately (Meditation, mindfulness, yoga)
- natural products raise some safety concerns (Herbal medicines or
botanicals are often sold as dietary supplements and manufacturers aren't
required to prove the safety and effectiveness of a dietary supplement
before its sold)
,Two safety concerns for herbals and dietary supplements:
1. drug interactions- herbals and prescription meds can interact
2. Product contamination- can contain hidden prescription drugs or other
adulterated compounds
MN complementary and alternative health care freedom fo access act
correct answer✔✔ Effective July 1, 2001
- unlicensed providers can provide CAM medical services without fear
of being charged with "practicing medicine"
- monitored by the MN department of public health
- did NOT cover licensed providers (Nurses)
- revised in 2014 legislative session to include licensed providers (RNs)
MN Board of Nursing (MBN): Statement of Accountability for
Utilization of Integrative Therapies in Nursing Practice correct
answer✔✔ "...Nurses who employ integrative therapies in their nursing
practice to meet nursing and patient goals developed through the nursing
process are held to the same accountability for reasonable skill and
safety as they are with the implementation of conventional treatment
modalities. . ."
- Apr 2003/2014
, Why should nurses use complementary/ integrative care approaches in
their nursing practice? correct answer✔✔ - more clients are requesting
integrative therapies be used in their care
- more clients are requesting holistic- focused health care
- more patients want other options and/or choices in their health care
- more integrative therapies are now available to clients in health care
organizations
Guidelines for Assisting Client Use of Complementary/Integrative
(CIM) Therapies correct answer✔✔ - Identify the need for CIM
interventions
- Assist clients in locating quality CIM practitioners
- Facilitate the use of CIM interventions through education, counseling,
coaching, or other forms of assistance
- Coordinate the use of CIM among various health providers involved in
the client's care
- Evaluate the effectiveness of the client's complete care--both
biomedical/conventional care and CIM
CIM techniques most often used by nurses correct answer✔✔ - touch
therapy
- relaxation techniques
- music therapy
- play/art therapy
- pet therapy
- energy therapy
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