Author Question: A Native American client informs the nurse that she practices shamanism. The nurse is aware that ... (Read 81 times)

ashley · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

A Native American client informs the nurse that she practices shamanism. The nurse is aware that shamanism is best described as which of the following?

A) Use of general healing techniques that involve plants, herbs, animals, ritual, ceremony, and purification by a medicine man or woman
B) A system of postures, exercises, breathing techniques, and visualization that regulate balance
C) The placement of thin, short, sterile needles at centers of nerve and vascular tissue along a meridian
D) Adjustment of the spine to accomplish proper alignment and to release pressure on a nerve

Question 2

A nurse practices holistic client care. Which of the following is a guiding principle of this practice?

A) Holism is focused on reductionism.
B) All living organisms exist independently.
C) The body is the sum of its parts.
D) The body is a unified, dynamic whole.

ebe · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Ans: A
Shamanism is the use of general healing techniques that involve plants, herbs, animals, ritual, ceremony, and purification by a medicine man or woman. Qi gong is a system of postures, exercises, breathing techniques, and visualization that regulate balance. Acupuncture is the placement of thin, short, sterile needles at centers of nerve and vascular tissue along a meridian. Chiropractic medicine is the adjustment of the spine to accomplish proper alignment and to release pressure on a nerve.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: D
Holism is a theory and philosophy that focuses on connections and interactions between parts of the whole. In contrast, the prevailing scientific approach has focused on reductionism, the goal of which is to reduce all phenomena to the smallest possible atom, particle, or interaction and make the body the sum of its parts.