Chapter 33 Complementary and Alternative Therapies

Question 1

allopathic or biomedicine

Answer 1

Conventional western medicine

Question 2

Therapeutic touch contain?

Answer 2

Diagnostic and therapeutic methods that require special training

Question 3

Guided imagery and breathwork are?

Answer 3

Easily learned and applied with no special training

Question 4

Whole medical systems include

Answer 4

Practices such as traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), Ayurveda, and naturopathy

Question 5

Integrative health care emphasizes the importance of the?

Answer 5

Relationship between practitioner and patient; focuses on the whole person; is informed by evidence; and makes use of appropriate therapeutic approaches, health care professionals, and disciplines to achieve optimal health
-consumers are treated by a team of providers consisting of both biomedical and complementary practitioners

Question 6

Holistic nursing treats the mind-body-spirit of patients, using interventions such as?

Answer 6

relaxation therapy, music therapy, touch therapies, and guided imagery

Question 7

Integrative nursing is defined as

Answer 7

A way of being-knowing-doing that advances the health and well-being of people, families, and communities through caring healing relationships
-integrative nurses use evidence to inform traditional and emerging interventions that support whole person/whole systems healing

Question 8

Fungi-based (mushroom) products

Answer 8

Mycotherapies

Question 9

Healing touch

Answer 9

Biofield therapy; uses gently touch directly on or close to body to influence and support the human energy system and bring balance to the whole body (physical, spiritual, emotional, and mental); a formal education and certification system provides credentials for practitioners

Question 10

Reiki therapy

Answer 10

Biofield therapy derived from ancient Buddhist rituals; practitioner places hands on or above a body area and transfers “Universal life energy,” providing strength, harmony, and balance to treat a patient’s health disturbances

Question 11

Therapeutic touch

Answer 11

Biofield therapy involving direction of a pracitioner’s balanced energies in an intentional manner toward those of a patient, practitioner’s hands lay on or close to patients body

Question 12

Process providing a person with visual or auditory information about autonomic physiolgoical functions of the body such as muscle tension, skin temp, and brain wave activity through the use of instruments

Answer 12

Biofeedback

Question 13

Tai Chi

Answer 13

Incorporating breath, movement, and mediation to clense, strengthen, and circulate vital life energy and blood; stimulate the immune system; and maintain external and internal balance

Question 14

Treatments balance the doshas with a combination of dietary and lifestyle changes, herbal remedies and purgative, massage, meditation, and exercise

Answer 14

Ayurvedic medicine

Question 15

System of medical treatments based in the theory that certain diseases can be cured by giving small, highly diluted doses of substances made from naturally occurring plan, animal, or mineral substances that stimulate the vital force of the body so it can heal itself

Answer 15

Homeopathic medicine

Question 16

Use of sweating and purging, herbal remedies, and ceremonies in which a shaman (spiritual healer) makes contact with spirits to ask their direction in bringing healing to people to promote wholeness and healing

Answer 16

Native American traditional healing

Question 17

Focused on treating whole person and promoting health and well-being rather than an individual disease. Herbal medicine, nutritional supplement, physical medicine, homeopathy, lifestyle counseling, and mind-body therapies with an orientation toward assisting the person’s internal capacity for self-healing (vitalism)

Answer 17

Naturopathic medicien

Question 18

Chamomile

Answer 18

Promote sleep and relaxation and treat mild GI disturbances and premenstrual symptoms

Question 19

Aloe

Answer 19

• Skin disorders, including inflammation and acute injuries (used topically)
• GI ulcerations, including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis (taken orally)

Question 20

Chamomile

Answer 20

1) Inflammatory disease of GI and upper respiratory tracts
Effects: Antiinflammatory
2) Generalized anxiety disorder
Effects: Calming agent

Question 21

Echinacea

Answer 21

Upper respiratory tract infections

-Effects: Stimulant of immune system

Question 22

Feverfew

Answer 22

1) Wound healing
Effects: antiinflammatory
2) Arthritis
Effects: Inhibition of serotonin and prostaglandins

Question 23

Garlic

Answer 23

1) Elevated cholesterol levels
Effects: inhibition of platelet aggregation
2) HTN

Question 24

Ginger

Answer 24

Nausea and vomiting

-effects: antiemetic

Question 25

Gingko Biloba

Answer 25

Alzheimers disease and dementia

-effects: memory improvement

Question 26

Ginseng

Answer 26

Age-related diseases

Question 27

Licorice

Answer 27

GI disorders, including gastric ulcers and hepatics C

Question 28

Saw Palmetto

Answer 28

1) Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Effects: Prevention of conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone (needed for prostate cell multiplication)
Drug interactions: Finasteride (Propecia) and antiandrogen drugs
2) Chronic pelvic pain

Question 29

Valerian

Answer 29

Sleep disorders, mild anxiety, and restlessness

Question 30

Calamus

Answer 30

Contains carcinogenic (cancerous)

Question 31

Chaparral

Answer 31

Induces severe liver toxicity & uterine contractions

Question 32

Coltsfoot

Answer 32

Contains carcinogenic pyrrolizidine alkaloids

hepatotoxicity

Question 33

comfrey

Answer 33

contains carcinogenic pyrrolizidine alkaloids
may induce venoocclusive diease
hepatotoxicity

Question 34

ephedra (ma huang)

Answer 34

unsafe for HTN, diabetes thyroid disease

avoid caffeine

Question 35

life root

Answer 35

hepatotoxicity

Question 36

pokeweed

Answer 36

Do not use with children

Question 37

A patient expresses the wish to use licorice instead of allopathic drugs to treat gastric ulcers. Which questions should the nurse ask the patient to ensure the patient can safely take licorice?

Answer 37

“Are you taking corticosteroids?”
“Are you taking antihypertensive drugs?”
“Are you taking immunosuppressive drugs?”
Licorice is used for the treatment of gastric ulcers. Licorice is known for interactions with corticosteroids, antihypertensive drugs, and immunosuppressive drugs. Before administrating licorice, the nurse should check the patient’s history for the use of corticosteroids, antihypertensive drugs, or immunosuppressive drugs. History about the use of anticoagulants and antiandrogen drugs is not important because they do not have any impact on the use of licorice.