Chapter 31 Complementary And Alternative Modalities

Chapter 31  Complementary And Alternative Modalities

Complete Chapter Questions And Answers
 

Sample Questions

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. A client tells the nurse that she believes she is ill because her chi is out of balance. The nurse realizes the client is describing:
a.
the life force.
c.
illness.
b.
the Supreme Being.
d.
health.

ANS: A
Life force in various cultures has been described as chi, prana, qi, flow of spirit, holy spirit, and pneuma. Chi does not refer to the Supreme Being, illness, or health.

PTS: 1 DIF: Analysis
REF: Respect Our Differences: The Life Force in Various Cultures

2. A client tells the nurse that he utilizes traditional Chinese healing practices. These practices would include:
a.
ayurveda.
c.
shamanism.
b.
herbs and acupuncture.
d.
massage.

ANS: B
Tradition Chinese healing practices include the use of herbs, which have many purposes, and acupuncture, which is the application of needles to various parts of the body to alter the energy flow. Ayurveda is a healing system based on Hindu philosophy. Shamanism refers to the practice of entering altered states of consciousness with the intent of helping others. Massage is the application of pressure and motion by the hands with the intent of improving the recipient well-being.

PTS: 1 DIF: Analysis REF: From Ancient Tradition to Early Science: China

3. The nurse is studying the ayurvedic system of healing and realizes this system includes all of the following, EXCEPT:
a.
vata regulates every type of movement.
b.
chakra refers to seven primary energy centers in the body.
c.
the union of the divine and the truth occurs through the physical and meditative practice of yoga.
d.
illness is the result of spirit loss.

ANS: D
Ayurveda, a healing system based on Hindu philosophy, believes the life force, or prana, is transported through the body by wind, or vata, which regulates every type of movement. This system also believes that there are seven primary energy centers in the body called chakras. According to this system, the union of the divine and the truth occurs through the physical and meditative practice of yoga. This system does not believe that illness is the result of spirit loss.

PTS: 1 DIF: Analysis REF: From Ancient Tradition to Early Science: India

4. The nurse, studying alternative medical approaches, learns that the Office of Alternative Medicine at the National Institutes of Health was founded in 1992:
a.
to prevent Americans from engaging in alternative methods of health care.
b.
because many Americans are pursuing alternative methods of health care.
c.
because most conventional physicians are interested in alternative methods of health care.
d.
to regulate alternative methods of health care.

ANS: B
The 1992, the U.S. government established the Office of Alternative Medicine at the National Institutes of Health to study the efficacy of unconventional, alternative treatment methods because many Americans are pursuing alternative methods of health care. This office was not created to prevent Americans from engaging in alternative methods of health care nor was it created because conventional physicians are interested in alternative methods of health care. This office does not regulate alternative methods of health care.

PTS: 1 DIF: Analysis REF: Contemporary Trends

5. A client tells the nurse that she often “thinks” that she is well and it lifts her spirits and gives her energy. The nurse identifies that this client is describing psychoneuroimmunology, which includes beliefs that:
a.
the immune system regulates the nervous system.
b.
getting a disease is caused by thinking about the disease.
c.
the human mind affects the immune system.
d.
mental illness is probably caused by antibodies.

ANS: C
Psychoneuroimmunology is studying the complex relationship between the cognitive, affective, and physical aspects of humans. This field of science believes that individual cells are affected by emotions and people can affect their health by what they think and feel. This field of study does not support the immune system regulating the nervous system or that a person gets a disease by thinking about the disease. This field of study does not support mental illness as being caused by antibodies.

PTS: 1 DIF: Analysis REF: Mind-Body Medicine and Research