Deck 19: Enhancing Holistic Care

Question 1

The two steps involved in the relaxation response are to:

A) focus on a desired image and apply the image to a desired outcome.
B) focus on taking slow, deep abdominal breaths and exhale in reverse.
C) focus on repetition of a word or phrase, and return to focus if distracted by thoughts.
D) tense and relax the body from toes to head, then reverse the process.

Answer 1

focus on repetition of a word or phrase, and return to focus if distracted by thoughts.

Question 2

Which of the following aromas would be beneficial in promoting calmness, digestion, and ease an upset stomach?

A) Black cohosh
B) Garlic
C) Peppermint
D) Saw palmetto

Answer 2

Peppermint

Question 3

Central to the holistic philosophy is that:

A) cultural diversity is recognized but insignificant when blended with the whole.
B) disease, illness, or imbalances are deterrents to individual positive growth.
C) health promotion and disease prevention are a greater focus than symptom treatment.
D) empowerment and capacity-building for decision-making are vital components.

Answer 3

health promotion and disease prevention are a greater focus than symptom treatment.

Question 4

Which of the following is an example of an energy-based modality recognized by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine?

A) Biofeedback
B) Pilates exercise
C) Phytotherapy
D) Reiki

Question 5

Which of the following feelings experienced by a nurse should be recognized as a red flag for reflection?

A) Eagerness
B) Hopefulness
C) Peacefulness
D) Sadness

Question 6

What is the role of a nurse healer?

A) Directing patients to make health-promoting decisions
B) Helping clients discover what they need to heal and ways to meet those needs
C) Incorporating complementary modalities into medical management of client illnesses
D) Prioritizing client needs and facilitating treatment options

Question 7

A United States national survey of adults has revealed that the percentage of adults over 18 years of age that use some form of complementary and alternative medicine, exclusive of prayer, is:

A) 26%.
B) 38%.
C) 42%.
D) 62%.

Question 8

Which of the following is a good example of psychoneuroimmunology?

A) Capacity-building
B) Client empowerment
C) Herbal medicine
D) Learned helplessness

Question 9

Which of the following best defines the meaning of holistic healing?

A) It considers all body systems as an integrated whole functioning together for optimum health.
B) It considers all aspects of a person's internal and external environments that may contribute to health and well-being.
C) It incorporates lay/folk and Eastern medical practices in conjunction with Western medicine treatments and practices.
D) It incorporates caring into nursing practice using eye contact, smiles, touch, time, and presence along with medical interventions to create a healing environment.

Question 10

Which of the following reflects a holistic concept of healing?

A) Being conscious of one's total being, including the spirit, body, thoughts, and feelings
B) Using prescription drugs, prayer, massage, play, exercise, and other modalities
C) Enhancing the body's abundant energy to move beyond pain and illness
D) Removing resistances that are self-inflicted and replacing them with positive energy

Question 11

A product labeled as being "natural" has been found to cause no harm.

Question 12

Fabiola is known as a patron saint of nursing after establishing the first free Christian hospital in Rome.

Question 13

America was on its way to creating a holistic health-care system until which of the following events marked the beginning of a change of focus for health care?

A) Discovery of sulfa in the 1930s
B) Introduction of health-care insurance in the 1940s
C) Immigration of Europeans in the 1920s
D) Rural to urban migration of people in the 1950s

Question 14

The etheric or vital layer of the human energy field is the closest to the body.

Question 15

Which of the following mechanisms is accurate in describing the effect of sunlight on seasonal affective disorder (SAD)?

A) Sunlight is conveyed via the retina to the pineal gland that blocks conversion of serotonin to melatonin.
B) Sunlight stimulates the hypothalamus, which causes melatonin to be released into the blood stream.
C) Sunlight is directly connected to the cerebrum via neuro pathways resulting in suppression of serotonin.
D) Sunlight is blocked by the retina from entering the neuro pathways resulting in activation of melatonin production.

Question 16

According to the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, the category of manipulative and body-based practices is based on energy fields, subcategorized as veritable, which have yet to be measured.

Question 17

"Disturbed Energy Field" is recognized as a diagnostic domain by the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA).

Question 18

Which of the following accurately describes the relationship among complementary, alternative, and conventional medicine?

A) Alternative modalities are those that are used instead of conventional medicine.
B) Complementary modalities are used only when conventional medicine is not used.
C) Conventional medicine incorporates complementary modalities solely in psychiatry.
D) Conventional, complementary, and alternative medicine are one and the same.

Question 19

Which of the following colors and sounds would have a healing effect on a client suffering from sinus congestion?

A) The color red and the sound "ha"
B) The color yellow and the sound "ya"
C) The color green and the sound "hum"
D) The color blue and the sound "ah"

Question 20

The American Holistic Nurses Association is in dire need of support from nurses and is suffering declining membership.

Question 23

Heliotherapy is the use of sunlight for healing.

Question 28

Chakras are natural substances used to produce botanical products in herbal medicine.

Question 29

Using the color blue is known to stimulate the appetite, while the color red can be used as an appetite suppressant.

Question 30

T'ai Chi and Yoga are two forms of moving meditations.