Author Question: A nursing instructor is teaching about complementary therapies. Which student statement indicates ... (Read 59 times)

dejastew · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

A nursing instructor is teaching about complementary therapies. Which student statement indicates that learning has occurred?

1. Complementary therapies view all humans as being biologically similar.
2. Complementary therapies view a person as a combination of multiple, integrated elements.
3. Complementary therapies focus on primarily the structure and functions of the body.
4. Complementary therapies view disease as a deviation from a normal biological state.

Question 2

During the 1930s, what common treatment for schizophrenia caused clients to fall into a coma that could last as long as 50 hours?

a. Electroconvulsive therapy
b. Insulin therapy
c. Humoral therapy
d. Amphetamine therapy

kthug · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

2
Rationale: The nurse should understand that complementary therapies view a person as a combination of multiple, integrated elements. A complementary therapy is an intervention that is used in conjunction with, but is different from, traditional medicine.

Answer to Question 2

B
Insulin therapy was believed to successfully treat schizophrenia in the early 1900s. Amphetamines were used to treat depression, and electroconvulsive therapy was used for severe depression. Humoral therapy, which originated in ancient Greece and Rome, was a belief that mental illness resulted from an imbalance of the humors of air, fire, water, and earth.