A client tells the nurse that she often thinks that she is well and it lifts her spirits and gives her energy. The nurse identifies that this client is describing psychoneuroimmunolo gy, which includes beliefs that:
a. the immune system regulates the nervous system.
b. getting a disease is caused by thinking about the disease.
c. the human mind affects the immune system.
d. mental illness is probably caused by antibodies.
Question 2
The nurse, studying alternative medical approaches, learns that the Office of Alternative Medicine at the National Institutes of Health was founded in 1992:
a. to prevent Americans from engaging in alternative methods of health care.
b. because many Americans are pursuing alternative methods of health care.
c. because most conventional physicians are interested in alternative methods of health care.
d. to regulate alternative methods of health care.
Client position when assessing jugular vein distention.
A physician is performing a colonoscopy on a client and viewing the internal structures of the colon
Weber test: Place the base of the tuning fork on top of the client’s head.
Nurse collaboration
Using small, circular strokes, exfoliate the client’s neck and back.