Integrative Care - Practices Flashcards
Whole medical systems
Healing systems and beliefs evolved over time from different cultures and parts of the world
Ayurvedic medicine, latin American practices, indigenous healing practices, traditional Chinese medicines (ex: cupping)
Biologically based approaches (natural health products)
Uses things found in nature
Vitamins and minerals, botanicals/plants (ex: cannabis for medical use), traditional medicines (ex: herbal remedies), amino acids, essential fatty acids, etc
Nutrition as Medicine
Gerson therapy, macrobiotic & mediterranean diet
Manipulative and body based approaches
Working with one or more parts of the body
Acupressure, massage therapy, chiropractic medicine, simple touch
Mind-body interventions
Helps relax body and mind
Aromatherapy, art therapy, dance therapy, yoga, meditation, psychotherapy, music therapy, imagery, breath work
Energy medicine
Goal is to balance energy flow in the patient. Based on belief that vital energy flows through the body
Reiki (Japanese technique involving transfer of energy through practitioners hand to promote relaxation, reduce stress, and facilitate healing), Qigong (Chinese exercise and meditation focusing on balancing body’s vital energy through movement, breath, and mindfulness)
Nursing-accessible approaches
- can be learned with minimal preparation
- teach patients how they can change their behaviour to alter their physical responses to stress and relieve symptoms
- includes: imagery (guided imagery), meditation and breathing, relaxation technique
Nutrition
- relationship of nutrition and its role in preventing disease
- relationship between nutrition and cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease often directly linked to lifestyle and nutritional choices
- botanicals/natural health products
Botanicals/natural health products
- health canada regulates all OTC natural health products and monitors botanicals for safety, effectiveness and quality
- botanicals should be examined for interaction with other prescribed or non prescribed substances
Educating patients about safe NHPs
- buy from reputable manufacturers
- be wary of secret formulas and cures
- labelled correctly (purpose, dosage, route of administration, warnings of adverse reactions, drug identification number indicating health canada reviewed formulation)
- health canada advised Canadians to use only health products that carry DIN, DIN-HM, or NPN on the label
Botanicals/NPHs
- avoid mega doses (even vitamins can be toxic)
- NHPs used for weight lose, body building, diabetes, sleep problems can be dangerous when mixed with other prescription or non prescription drugs
- internet purchases may increase risk of unsafe products
- expensive products may be of inferior quality
CNO complementary therapies practices information
- deciding whether or not to use a complementary therapy
- identifying the issue
- Nurse’s 3 responsibilities: appropriateness of therapy, knowledge, skill, and judgement, awareness of and ability to address possible outcomes