Chapter 9: Alternative and Complementary Treatment Modalities

Chapter 9: Alternative and Complementary Treatment Modalities

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

Multiple Choice

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

 

____     1.   The home health nurse is informed by her patient that she is taking a herbal over-the-counter medication. What action should the nurse take with this information?

A.	This information is not part of the medication record.
B.	The nurse should document this information and add it to the patient’s medication list and notify the charge nurse of the change.
C.	Research the benefits of this medication before deciding if it should be added to medication record.
D.	Tell the patient that herbal medications are not considered safe to take.

 

 

____     2.   Reflexology is based on the massage of this body part:

A.	Hands.
B.	Feet.
C.	Spine.
D.	Temples.

 

 

____     3.   Reiki is a term that means:

A.	“Universal life energy.”
B.	“Universal energy.”
C.	“Energizing the universe.”
D.	“Universal energy life.”

 

 

____     4.   The three primary methods of sensory representations are:

A.	Visual auditory, and kinesthetic.
B.	Visual, auditory, and kindred.
C.	Visa, authority, and kinesthetic.
D.	Seeing, hearing, and smelling.

 

Answer Section

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

1. ANS:  B

The charge nurse and the physicians need to know the over-the-counter medications that the patient is taking, especially when the patient is taking other prescribed medications or there is a pending surgery. These need to be included on the medication list.

 

PTS:   1

REF:   Chapter 9: Complementary and Alternative Treatment Modalities; Common Complementary and Alternative Treatments; page 147

KEY:  Integrated Processes: Teaching/Learning | Content Area: Mental Health: Pharmacology | Cognitive Level: Application | Client Need: Physiological Integrity: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies: Medication Administration

 

2. ANS:  B

Reflexology is based on the belief that energy pathways and zones cross the body and the feet are connected to vital organs.

 

PTS:   1

REF:   Chapter 9: Complementary and Alternative Treatment Modalities; Massage, Energy, and Touch; page 150

KEY:  Integrated Processes: Teaching/Learning | Content Area: Mental Health: Treatment | Cognitive Level: Knowledge | Client Need: Physiological Integrity: Non-Pharmacological Comfort Interventions

 

3. ANS:  A

Reiki is performed with touch, a process where energy is drawn along the body’s meridians.

 

PTS:   1

REF:   Chapter 9: Complementary and Alternative Treatment Modalities; Massage, Energy, and Touch; page 150

KEY:  Integrated Processes: Teaching/Learning | Content Area: Mental Health: Treatment | Cognitive Level: Knowledge | Client Need: Physiological Integrity: Non-Pharmacological Comfort Interventions

 

4. ANS:  A

These are the three major methods of sensory representations of the different channels that people use in their environment and with other people .

 

PTS:   1

REF:   Chapter 9: Complementary and Alternative Treatment Modalities; Common Complementary and Alternative Treatments-Primary Sensory Representation; page 152

KEY:  Integrated Processes: Teaching/Learning