Chapter 20 Flashcards
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
b. Complementary therapies
An older adult patient tells the home health nurse, “My health care provider hasn’t helped
my arthritis at all. I am using the chiropractor now.” What change has the patientmade?
a. Western medicine to complementary therapy
b. Complementary therapy to alternative therapy
c. Alternative therapy to allopathicmedicine
d. Allopathic medicine to alternative therapy
d. Allopathic medicine to alternative therapy
What is the responsibility of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative
Medicine (NCCAM)?
a. To certify alternative medical health care providers
b. To evaluate effectiveness of alternative medical treatments
c. To set standards for the practice of alternative medicine
d. To train alternative medical health care providers
b. To evaluate effectiveness of alternative medical treatments
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.
b. Alternative therapies have unfortunate interactions with traditional therapies.
The nurse is obtaining health history information on a new patient at a health care provider’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
c. Valerian
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.
d. Wear sunscreen.
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.
d. They do not have to demonstrate their safety.
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
d. As diet supplements
What is the goal of herbal therapy?
a. Treat symptoms.
b. Restore balance.
c. Treat disease.
d. Improve nutrition.
b. Restore balance.
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’sapproach?
a. Instructive
b. Nonjudgmental
c. Inquisitive
d. Determined
b. Nonjudgmental
What will placing an herb in alcohol or vinegar make?
a. A suspension
b. An emulsion
c. An infusion
d. A tincture
d. A tincture
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
c. Asian ginseng
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.
c. Open meridians to release qi.
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
b. Therapeutic massage
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
d. Aromatherapy
