Author Question: The outcome proposed by the treatment team of conventional Western medical practitioners that ... (Read 63 times)

littleanan · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

The outcome proposed by the treatment team of conventional Western medical practitioners that
would have greatest meaning to a client who is to have surgery for colon cancer who has previously
been treated by traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)

is: Forty-eight hours after surgery the client
will
a. state that his yin and yang reflect transformation toward healing.
b. develop awakening to the need for dietary change in his life.
c. express feelings of empowerment to use Western medical remedies.
d. return to baseline functioning.

Question 2

To make the most relevant assessment of a client within the context of the family the nurse must
think in terms of

a. cause and effect.
b. circular causality.
c. insight orientation.
d. emotional reactivity.

mariahkathleeen · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A
Individuals treated with TCM usually believe that the goal of healing is to be in harmony with one's
environment and all of creation in mind, body, and spirit and that all healing is manifested as a
simultaneous yin and yang reflection of the whole being in a state of transition. Transformation is
recognized as a stage of healing occurring when mutual creative active participation occurs between
healers and the client toward changes in the mind, body, and spirit. For this client, this statement
would suggest a desirable outcome. Option B may or may not be necessary for the client. Option C
may not be an outcome desired by the client. Option D is an outcome easily understood by Western
practitioners but is one that may not be easily understood by the user of TCM.

Answer to Question 2

B
In circular causality, the presenting problem of the identified patient must be viewed from many
different perspectives: stressors, strengths, family's current life cycle stage, sociocultural context,
mutigenerational issues, and so forth rather than from a single cause and effect. Option A: Cause and
effect is too simplistic a framework. Option C is terminology without meaning to family theory.
Option D: Emotional reactivity is a term that is too narrow to be correct.