Term | Definition |
Energy Therapies | Healing Touch, Reiki Therapy, Therapeutic Touch |
5 Phases of Therapeutic Touch | Centering, Assessing, Unruffling, Treating, and Evaluating |
Gingko Biloba interacts with (4) | Warafin, Anticoagulants, Aspirins, NSAIDs |
Aloe interacts with (3) | Furosemide (Lasix) and loop diuretics, laxatives |
Chamolmile interacts with (5) | Drugs that cause drowsiness (alcohol, barbituates, benzodiazepines, narcotics, antidepressants) |
Echinacea interacts with (4) | Antirejection and other drugs that weaken immune system; may interact with antiretrovirals and other drugs used in treatment of HIV/AIDS |
Feverfew interacts with (4) | Warafin and blood thinners, Apririn and Ibuprofen |
Garlic interacts with (4) | Warafin and blood thinners, Saquinavir (Fortovase) and other anti-HIV drigs |
Ginger interacts with (4) | Warafin and blood thinners, Apirin and NSAIDs |
Ginseng interacts with (5) | Warafin and anticoagulants, Aspirin and NSAIDs, MAOIs |
Licorice interacts with (4) | Corticosteroids and other immunosuppressive drugs, Digoxin, Antihypertensive drugs |
Saw Palmetto interacts with (2) | Finasteride (Propecia) and antiandrogen drugs |
Valerian interacts with (4) | Barbituates and other sleep medications, alcohol, antihistamines |
What is allopathic medicine? | (Biomedicine) conventional western medicine; chronic conditions such as chronic back and neck pain, arthritis, gastrointestinal problem, allergies, headache, and anxiety continue to be difficult to treat |
What occurs during assessment phase of Therapeutic Touch? | Assessment (2nd phase): Scans the body of patient with palms (roughly 5-15cm or 2-6in from the body) from head to toe. Assesses patients energetic biofield, practioner focuses on the quality of qi and areas of energy obstruction, redirecting the energy. |
What is Integrative Nursing? | A way of being-knowing-doing that advances the health and well-being of people, families, and communities through caring-healing relationships. Use evidence to inform traditional and emerging interventions that support whole person/whole systems healing. |
Which age group experiences “skin hunger” more than others? | Older adults; they need touch as much or much more than any other age-group. Fewer family members or friends to touch them, especially when other senses are reduced. |
Meditation | any activity that limits stimulus input by directing attention to a single unchanging or repetitive stimulus so the person is able to become more aware of self. |
Uses of meditation (3) | calm down, cope with stress, feel one white God or universe. |
In which situations is meditation contraindicated? | Person who has a strong fear of losing control, some can become hypertensive |
Prolonged use of meditation techniques sometimes reduce the need for what 3 types of medication? | Antihypertensive, thyroid-regulating, and psychtropic |
Progressive relaxation | training teaches how to effectively rest and reduce tension in body. |
What are limitations of progressive relaxation? | requires moderate expenditure of energy, increases fatigue, not appropriate for individuals with advanced disease or energy reserves. |
Accupuncture precautions (3) | pregnancy, history of seizures, immunosuppression |