Online Companion: Fundamentals of Nursing Standards and Practice 2E

Chapter Objectives

After reading Chapter 14, the student should be ready to
• Discuss the ideas and beliefs that for the basis for alternative/complementary treatment modalities
• Describe the techniques and strategies of the common alternative/complementary treatment modalities.
• Describe the concept of healing and compare it to the concept of curing.
• Describe the role of the nurse in the use of alternative/complementary treatment modalities.
• List some general cautions that should be taken when alternative/complementary modalities are used in clinical situations.