chiry chew Flashcards
A patient describes practicing a complementary and alternative therapy involving concentrating and controlling his respiratory rate and pattern, recognizing that breath work is to yoga as
Reiki therapy is to therapeutic touch.
A teen with an anxiety disorder is referred for biofeedback because her parents do not want her on anxiolytics. The nurse recognizes that the teen understands her health education on biofeedback when she states, “Biofeedback will
Help me with my thoughts, feelings, and physiological responses to stress.”
A 70-year-old patient is newly admitted to a skilled nursing facility with the diagnoses of Alzheimer’s dementia, lipidemia, and hypertension, and a history of pulmonary embolism. Medications brought on admission included lisinopril, hydrochlorothiazide, warfarin, low-dose aspirin, ginkgo biloba, and echinacea. The nurse contacts the patient’s medical provider over which potential drug-drug interaction?
Warfarin and ginkgo biloba
An acquaintance of a nurse asks for a nonmedical approach for excessive worry and work stress. The most appropriate CAM therapy that the nurse can recommend is
Meditation
The therapy that is more effective in treating physical ailments than in preventing disease or managing chronic illness is _____ medicine.
Allopathic
During a relaxation therapy skills group, the instructor discusses the cognitive skill of learning to tolerate uncertain and unfamiliar experiences. This best describes the skill of
Receptivity
A patient asks about the new clinic in town that is staffed by allopathic and complementary practitioners. The nurse recognizes that the patient is most likely asking about which clinic?
Integrative medical clinic
The group leader is overheard saying to the gathering of patients, “Focus on your breathing once again…notice how it is regular…Now focus on your left arm…Notice how relaxed your left arm feels…Notice the relaxation going down the left arm to the hand.” The nursing student asks the nursing preceptor what the unit group leader is doing. The best answer is which of the following?
Progressive relaxation training
A therapeutic touch practitioner scans the patient’s body to identify what?
Accumulated tension
A basic foundational principle of chiropractic care is that
Structure and function coexist.
A holistic nurse would be a nurse who
Recognizes the mind-body-spirit connection.
Drawbacks of complementary and alternative therapies would be
Lack of evidence-based guidelines.
Minimal supportive research studies.
Lack of a long tradition of therapies taught in health care education.
Physiological symptoms of a stress response include all of the following except
Constricted pupils.
A long-term outcome for an individual who is learning relaxation therapy is
Identifying tension in his body and consciously releasing the tension.
One benefit of meditation over other forms of behavioral therapy is that meditation
Does not require memorization.
