After completing this course you’ll be able to:
1. | Define biomedicine. |
2. | Discuss the development of the biomedical system in the United States. |
3. | State 3 reasons why a nurse needs to be familiar with alternative medical practices in the United States. |
4. | State the scope of utilization of alternative medical resources in America in the 1990s. |
5. | List 5 unifying threads common to most alternative medical systems. |
6. | List 4 concepts important to the rationale behind alternative medical treatments. |
7. | List and discuss 4 types of barriers to a fair, unbiased scientific evaluation of alternative therapies. |
8. | Discuss the role of the Office of Alternative Medicine. |
9. | Discuss Western and non-Western perspectives on mind-body separation. |
10. | Define “mind-body.” |
11. | Discuss the relationship between healing and curing. |
12. | Discuss the relevance of perceived meaning to health and illness. |
13. | Define the placebo response. |
14. | Define spirituality. |
15. | State one connection between spirituality and health. |
16. | State the connection between psychological stances and cancer survival. |
17. | Define psychotherapy, and list 2 clinical applications. |
18. | Define meditation and list 4 possible effects on health. |
19. | Define imagery, and list 3 categories of usage. |
20. | Define hypnosis, and list 5 health care applications. |
21. | Define biofeedback, and list 2 conditions for which biofeedback is utilized therapeutically. |
22. | Define yoga. |
23. | List 4 benefits of yoga. |
24. | Define dance/movement therapy [DMT]. |
25. | List 4 possible goals for dance/movement therapy. |
26. | Discuss the underlying assumption in DMT. |
27. | Define music therapy, and list 4 clinical applications. |
28. | Define art therapy, and list 2 clinical applications. |
29. | Discuss the relationship between spirituality and healing. |
30. | Discuss the concept of nonlocality. |
31. | Define bioelectromagnetics (BEM). |
32. | Differentiate between endogenous and exogenous fields. |
33. | List 4 applications of BEM. |
34. | Define TENS. |
35. | Discuss the “hierarchy of resort.” |
36. | List 6 characteristics of the major formal systems of medical practice. |
37. | Define 3 major types of illnesses. |
38. | Discuss the conceptual basis for traditional Oriental medicine. |
39. | Define “qi.” |
40. | List 4 treatment modalities associated with traditional Oriental medicine, and give a clinical application of each. |
41. | Define acupuncture and state how it restores health. |
42. | Define Ayurvedic medicine. |
43. | Define the following terms:
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44. | Define homeopathy, and discuss its development in the United States. |
45. | State the major use of homeopathic medicine in the U.S. |
46. | List 3 underlying movements of anthroposophical medicine. |
47. | Discuss the threefold model of the human mind-body processes. |
48. | List 8 primary principles of naturopathic medicine. |
49. | Discuss the relevance of naturopathic medicine to women. |
50. | Define environmental medicine. |
51. | Discuss 4 clinical conditions addressed by environmental medicine. |
52. | Discuss the concept of adaptation as pertaining to environmental medicine. |
53. | State 4 features common to community based health care systems. |
54. | Define the following terms:
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55. | Discuss the role of the “sing” in Dineh healing practices. |
56. | Define curanderismo. |
57. | List 4 Mexican-American folk illnesses and a treatment associated with each. |
58. | State one example of an urban community-based health care system. |
59. | State the underlying concept of the physical healing methods. |
60. | State 4 major principles of osteopathy. |
61. | List 4 manual medical methods taught in osteopathic colleges. |
62. | State the underlying concern of chiropractic science. |
63. | List 4 major points of chiropractic philosophy. |
64. | State 3 areas in which chiropractic manipulation has demonstrated effectiveness. |
65. | Define massage therapy. |
66. | List 4 major types of massage practice. |
67. | Discuss 3 clinical applications for massage therapy. |
68. | Define pressure point therapy, and list 3 examples of pressure point therapy. |
69. | State the underlying principle of postural reeducation therapies, and list 3 examples. |
70. | Describe the basic practice involved in “rolling.” |
71. | Describe the scope of biofield therapeutics as a healing practice. |
72. | List 4 forms of biofield therapy taught in medical establishments. |
73. | List 3 major hypotheses about the biofield. |
74. | Give 4 examples of clinical results of biofield therapy. |
75. | Define the following:
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76. | Discuss the relationship of physical therapy to alternative medicine. |
77. | List 3 themes common to alternative pharmacological approaches. |
78. | Define and state one clinical application of each of the following:
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79. | Discuss the scope of herbal medicine usage in the 20th century. |
80. | State a clinical application for each of the following:
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81. | List 3 sources of information on herbal medicines. |
82. | Summarize the difference in attitudes towards herbal medicine between Europe and the United States. |
83. | State the connection between affluent diet and disease. |
84. | State the shift in focus of nutrition research in recent decades. |
85. | Define RDA. |
86. | Differentiate between RDAs and the Food Guide Pyramid. |
87. | Discuss the safety of vitamin and mineral supplementation. |
88. | Define orthomolecular medicine and give one example. |
89. | State one nutritional approach to treating each of the following conditions:
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90. | Give 3 examples of modification diets as a method for treating cancer. |
91. | Describe the Pritikin and Ornish diets. |
92. | Discuss the role of food elimination diets. |
93. | List 3 alternative dietary lifestyles common in the United States. |
94. | Discuss health risks associated with strict vegetarian diets. |
95. | Define cultural diet. |
96. | Give an example of one connection between nutrition and disease prevention in each of the following diets:
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97. | Discuss 3 challenges in educating clients in nutritional practices. |