The nurse planning care for an Asian-American client who plans to ...

[NClaborn]

The nurse planning care for an Asian-American client who plans to use oriental medicinal dietary principles will need to understand that hot and cold substances are an integral part of therapy. The substances used are:
 
  1. Served iced or steaming hot
  2. Determined by yin and yang characteristics
  3. Selected by native shamans who divine client needs
  4. Often disruptive of conventional Western medical therapy

Question 2

An impact the popularity of alternative therapy has on nurse application of therapeutic interven-tions is that nurses:
 
  1. Must be taught acupuncture technique
  2. Need to understand herb-drug interactions
  3. Will need physics courses to use bioelectromagnetics
  4. Will use more manual healing methods

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: 2
Many oriental clients believe illness is due to imbalance of yin and yang. Herbal mixtures are prescribed according to their yin or yang characteristics (hot or cold) in order to rebalance yin and yang. 1. Hot and cold properties do not refer to thermal properties in this case. 3. Divining by shamans is not part of the oriental medical tradition. 4. For the most part, the substances used are not disruptive of conventional therapy but are complementary.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: 2
Herbal preparations are presently in common use. Nurses must include assessment of herbal use and be cognizant of herb-drug interactions in order to provide safe, effective care. 1. This will not be a mandatory nursing technique in the near future. 3. This will not be a requirement. 4. Manual healing includes osteopathy, chiropractic, massage, reflexology, etc. It is unlikely that nurses will use more of these techniques in the near future.

[NClaborn]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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