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elizabeth18

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on: Jul 11, 2018
Which one of the following statements about the patients' choice to use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is most accurate?
 
  A) CAM therapies are used by 80 of all Americans.
  B) CAM therapies are not popular in the United States.
  C) CAM practitioners tend to focus mostly on treating the disease.
  D) CAM practitioners usually focus on the whole person.

Question 2

The nurse is preparing to document that an older patient is experiencing nocturnal myoclonus. What assessment finding is consistent with this documentation?
 
  A) Five leg jerks or movements per hour of sleep
  B) Any number of leg jerks related to the use of antidepressants
  C) Five leg jerks brought on by an epileptic seizure during a night's sleep
  D) Leg jerks in combination with episodes of breathing cessation during sleep


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tofugiraffe

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Reply #1 on: Jul 11, 2018
Answer to Question 1

D
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CAM practitioners are likely to be equally or even more concerned with treating the whole person and not just the disease.

Answer to Question 2

A
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Nocturnal myoclonus is a condition characterized by at least five leg jerks or movements per hour during sleep. Nocturnal myoclonus is not associated with the use of antidepressants, epileptic seizures, or breathing cessation during sleep.


elizabeth18

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Reply 2 on: Jul 11, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

tkempin

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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