A community health nurse implements a plan of care that combines aromatherapy and acupuncture with medication therapy and surgery. Which type of care is the nurse applying?

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Integrated health care is defined as the combination of complementary therapies such as aromatherapy and acupuncture with biomedical or Western health care such as medication therapy and surgery. Holistic health care vies the world as being in harmonious balance in which all facets of the individual's natures (physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual) must be in balance. Folk medicine involves treatment practices that have been handed down from generation to generation. Herbalism is the use of medicinal herbs.

A Community Health Nurse Implements a Plan of Care That