Exam 4: Complementary therapies and integrative health Flashcards
Complementary therapies:
In addition to allopathic
Alternative therapies:
Instead of allopathic
Reasons for seeking complementary and alternative therapies
Desire for less invasive/toxic treatments
Lack of satisfaction with allopathic/biomedical treatment
Increasing desire to be involved in their own care
Beliefs in combing treatments to improve outcomes
Increased research in reliable journals
Align beliefs and values of holistic/mind, body, spirit
Biofeedback
A mind-body technique that uses instruments to teach self-regulation and voluntary self-control over specific physiological responses.
Clinical applications for biofeedback
It may be helpful in stroke recovery, smoking cessation, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), epilepsy, headache disorders, and a variety of gastrointestinal and urinary tract disorders
Limitations of biofeedback
Repressed emotions or feelings for which coping is difficult sometimes surface.
Healing touch
Bring balance to body fields (physical, spiritual, emotional mental)
Magnet therapy
Alleviate pain via magnetic field
Therapeutic touch
Directing the energy fields by laying hands on patient
Types of traditional Chinese medicine
Acupuncture
Herbs (ingested)
Moxibustion: burning herbs/cones
Cupping: heated cup on skin to create suction
Tai chi: moving meditation
Qi gong: movements that manipulate the flow of qi
Acuputcuture is used no
Regulates or realigns vital energy (qi), which flows through channels in the form of a system of pathways called meridians
a natural product is a
Chemical compound or substance produced by a living organism
Are herbal medicines FDA approved?
No, herbal medicines are not approved for use as drugs and are not regulated by the FDA
Chiropractic therapy aims to
Normalize the relationship between structure and function by a series of manipulations
Nursing responsibly
Always always always educate patients to report ALL ingested meds, herbs, supplements, vit/minerals
Always always always educate them to inform ALL of their providers.
Always always always educate patients about the risk of mixing treatments: HARM and DEATH.
We want to try non-medication techniques first.
Document your education of the client.
Always apply EVIDENCE to your PRACTICE.
It is NOT in our scope to prescribe/order treatment.
