NSG 6998 PROFESSIONAL CLINICAL PREP
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE ANSWERS
GRADED A+
●● Alternative therapies
Answer: Replace allopathic medicine and become primary treatment
●● Allopathic (biomedicine)
Answer: - Medications, surgeries, radiation
- Disease occurs in the body OR mind (separate)
- Absence of disease is health
●● Holism
Answer: Philosophy and theory focusing on interactions and connections
between the parts of the whole
- All living organisms are in continuous connection w/ environment
●● Holistic nursing
Answer: - Healing the whole person
- Be present in the moment and with the patient
- Be nonjudgemental, empathic, and use therapeutic comm.
,●● Integrative Health Care
Answer: Allopathic, complementary, & alternative medicine together
●● Natural products and their effects
Answer: - aloe: wounds
- chamomile: calm, reduce inflammation
- echinacea: immune function
- garlic: platelets
- ginkgo biloba: memory
- ginseng: physical endurance
- valerian: decrease anxiety, sleep
●● NSG Intervention for herbal medicine
Answer: Provide assistance with evaluation of the safety of natural and
herbal products
●● Energy therapies
Answer: - Use the energy fields of the body
- Based on the belief of vital life force within and around body
- Illness is a result of an imbalance in the energy field
●● Chakras
, Answer: Energy centers along the spine --> crown, root, throat, heart,
solar plexus
●● Etheric body aura
Answer: Energy field surrounding the body in 7 layers
●● Therapeutic touch & Reiki
Answer: Practitioner places hands lightly on or near the body to
"channel energy"
●● Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI)
Answer: - Neuropeptides are the messenger molecules that connect mind
and body
- Explain connection of emotions with GI distress and other symptoms
●● Placebo effect
Answer: Patient's think they are getting a beneficial treatment or
medicine, but really aren't, and report improvement in condition or
symptoms
●● Examples of mind-body therapies
Answer: Acupuncture, art therapy, breath therapy, meditation, yoga, tai
chi, psychotherapy, Qi Gong, chiropractic, aromatherapy
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE ANSWERS
GRADED A+
●● Alternative therapies
Answer: Replace allopathic medicine and become primary treatment
●● Allopathic (biomedicine)
Answer: - Medications, surgeries, radiation
- Disease occurs in the body OR mind (separate)
- Absence of disease is health
●● Holism
Answer: Philosophy and theory focusing on interactions and connections
between the parts of the whole
- All living organisms are in continuous connection w/ environment
●● Holistic nursing
Answer: - Healing the whole person
- Be present in the moment and with the patient
- Be nonjudgemental, empathic, and use therapeutic comm.
,●● Integrative Health Care
Answer: Allopathic, complementary, & alternative medicine together
●● Natural products and their effects
Answer: - aloe: wounds
- chamomile: calm, reduce inflammation
- echinacea: immune function
- garlic: platelets
- ginkgo biloba: memory
- ginseng: physical endurance
- valerian: decrease anxiety, sleep
●● NSG Intervention for herbal medicine
Answer: Provide assistance with evaluation of the safety of natural and
herbal products
●● Energy therapies
Answer: - Use the energy fields of the body
- Based on the belief of vital life force within and around body
- Illness is a result of an imbalance in the energy field
●● Chakras
, Answer: Energy centers along the spine --> crown, root, throat, heart,
solar plexus
●● Etheric body aura
Answer: Energy field surrounding the body in 7 layers
●● Therapeutic touch & Reiki
Answer: Practitioner places hands lightly on or near the body to
"channel energy"
●● Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI)
Answer: - Neuropeptides are the messenger molecules that connect mind
and body
- Explain connection of emotions with GI distress and other symptoms
●● Placebo effect
Answer: Patient's think they are getting a beneficial treatment or
medicine, but really aren't, and report improvement in condition or
symptoms
●● Examples of mind-body therapies
Answer: Acupuncture, art therapy, breath therapy, meditation, yoga, tai
chi, psychotherapy, Qi Gong, chiropractic, aromatherapy
