Author Question: The nurse is educating a client on the characteristics of complementary and alternative medicine ... (Read 23 times)

yoooooman · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

The nurse is educating a client on the characteristics of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Which characteristic should the nurse not include in the teaching?

1. Promote disease prevention, self-care, and self-healing
2. Replace all traditional medication
3. Focus on treating each individual person
4. Consider the health of the whole person

Question 2

The nurse is aware that antacids containing aluminum can cause

1. low iron levels.
2. abdominal pain.
3. constipation.
4. indigestion.

nekcihc358 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

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Rationale 1: Promoting disease prevention, self-care, and self-healing is a characteristic of CAM.
Rationale 2: Replacing all traditional medication is not a characteristic of CAM.
Rationale 3: Focusing on treating each individual person is a characteristic of CAM.
Rationale 4: Considering the health of the whole person is a characteristic of CAM.

Global Rationale: Replacing all traditional medication is not a characteristic of CAM. Promoting disease prevention, self-care, and self-healing; focusing on treating each individual person; and considering the health of the whole person are characteristics of CAM.

Answer to Question 2

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Rationale 1: Aluminum compounds can inhibit the absorption of dietary iron.
Rationale 2: Antacids do not cause abdominal pain.
Rationale 3: Calcium-based products, such as Tums, cause constipation.
Rationale 4: Antacids would help the indigestion.
Global Rationale: Aluminum compounds can inhibit the absorption of dietary iron. Antacids do not cause abdominal pain. Calcium-based products, such as Tums, cause constipation. Antacids would help the indigestion.