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Holistic Healing Flashcards

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Allopathy is the biomedical perspective of healthcare T or F

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TRUE

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Allopathy treatments consist of…

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Western medicine, antibiotics, surgery> treating pathologies and symptoms

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Holsim treats…

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  • The WHOLE person
  • Preventative strategies, lifestyle changes
  • Promotes optimal wellness
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Modality is

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Method of treating a disorder

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Holistic modalities include…

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Complementary and Alternative care

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Complimentary health care

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A treatment used TOGETHER with traditional medicine(western)

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Alternative health care

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A treatment used INSTEAD of traditional medical care

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Integrative health care

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  • Encompasses all treatment modalities
  • COMBINES traditional/ western with holistic
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Tenets of Holistic Healthcare include…

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  • People> all are unique!
  • Health> includes spiritual, self-healing, balance
  • Illness> imbalance, allows growth
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Complementary and Alternative care trends

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  • 33% of adults in US use CAM
  • Major $$ is spent on CAM self-care therapies
  • Can’t get this from Physicians
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The nurse is completing an admission assessment. Which interview question best reflects a belief related to holistic healthcare?

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” Can you tell me how you normally handle stress”

  • by the nurse asking this, she can get information about the patients personality trait, health practices, ect.
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Placebo response

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  • Result of expectation from treatment and thinking they are going to be effective
  • Stronger person believes in treatment will work the placebo takes better effect
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Nocebo Effect

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  • Think something is not going to work or is going to hurt, it may not work and hurt worse
  • treatment outcomes can be changed/ advanced
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Therapeutic use of self

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Presence and intention

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Every disease is the same for everybody T or F

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FALSE

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Ayurveda

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  • Attributes of health> balanced forces
  • unbalance can cause illness
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Chinese Medicine

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  • Each person has their own balance of YING and YANG plus the 5 elements
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Acupuncture

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  • Based of Chinese medicine
  • Improve flow of energy and balance
  • Needle taken to stimulate points of the body that blocks energy flows
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Acupressure

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  • On lines of energy hold firm on a spot or line
  • tension is caused by a blockage causing lack of energy flow
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Homeopathy

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  • Medicine treats like with like
  • Have a fever, treat with fever inducer
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Naturopathy

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Laws of nature

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Mind- Body interventions

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  • Prayer
  • Meditation
  • Imagery
  • Humor
  • Music therapy
  • Yoga
  • Hypnoses
  • Biofeedback
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Biofeedback

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  • Mind-body control therapy
  • Taking control and connecting with body
  • Control HR/BP/Temp
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Biology based methods

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  • Dietary therapies
  • Herbs
  • Aromatherapy
  • Non herbal supplements> fish oil, minerals, vit
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In order to provide safe, effective care, when assessing a client’s us of alternative therapies the nurse should ask…

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” What herbal supplements have you take”

  • phrasing question in nonjudgmental way allows patient to provide an answer they are comfortable with
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Which healing modality would be least appropriate for the patient receiving chemotherapy to use?

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Acupuncture
- Patients recieving chemo are at risk of developing thrombocytopenia, even with the small needles may cause undue bleeding

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Manipulative/ Body-based methods

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  • Chiropractic> realign body with manipulation
  • Massage
  • Osteopathy> hands-on, whole-body approach
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Energy therapies

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  • Healing touch
  • Therapeutic touch
  • Tai chi/ qi gong
  • Reiki
  • Magnet Therapy
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Therapeutic touch

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Hands/ touch improve energy and create balance

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Tai chi/ qi gong

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  • movement martial arts
  • improve strength, balance, flexibility, mobility, and can be calming
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Reiki

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Hands/ touch improve energy and create balance

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Magnet Therapy

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  • Use properties of magnetism
  • Iron in hemoglobin is attracted to magnet, promotes blood flow, and healing
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Alternative Medical Methods

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  • Ayurveda
  • Chinese medicine
  • Acupuncture
  • Acupressure
  • Homeopathy
  • Naturopathy

NURS 2910 (16 decks)

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