Chapter 36 Integrative Care Flashcards
(33 cards)
WHAT IS CAM?
CAM is complementary and alternative medicine (and integrative medicine).
Medical practices and products that are outside standard medical care.
What is Complementary Medicine?
Non-mainstream medicine + with standard medical care
What is ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE?
Non-Mainstream medicine instead of standard medical care.
What is INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE?
Uses non-mainstream medicine in conjunction with standard medical care in a coordinated way.
What is integrative care?
Non-mainstream Medicine
- Patient at the CENTER of care
- focuses on prevention and wellness
- attends to holistic needs (mental, spiritual and physical)
- body’’s ability to heal itself with the right tools
Conventional healthcare is also called
____. _____. ______ _____- _____
allopathic medicine. biomedicine. conventional medicine. orthodox medicine. Western medicine
How long has conventional medicine been around? _____
How long has CAM been around? __________
Conventional 200 years
CAM thousands of years
what percentage of USA people use nontraditional approaches to health care?
⅔
Why availability of CAM practitionesr and facilities
How does Western Medicine define HEALTH
absence of disease
How does integrative health view HEALTH?
How well the physical, emotional, mental, and environmental, spiritual, and societal components interrelate.
What is the NCCIH
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Institute of Health
Part of NIH 1998
Why are consumers attracted to integrative care?
Active participation
Engage in holistic practice
to find therapeutic approaches that have lower risk
positive experiences due to supportive and inclusive
Dissatisfaction with practice style of conventional medicine
recommended by provider, family or friends
neuropsychiatric symptoms
Ineffective conventional treatment
cost of conventional treatment
used to improve energy and immune function
wellness and prevention
Is holistic nursing a specialty
yes recognized by ANA
All nursing that has the healing of the whole person as its goal
what is HOLISM?
Identification of interrelationships of Bio-psycho-social-spiritual dimensions of person
whole greater than sum of the parts
individual is a whole in process with the environment.
What should psych nursing assessments include?
nutrition, exercise, relationships, work, culture, religion, spiritual, herbal supplements.
Certifications
`AHN - BC Advanced Holistic Nurse - board certified
APHN-BC Advance Practice Holistic Nurse board certified
Natural products
Herbal Medicine, vitamins, minerals, probiotics
Herbal therapy
Herbal Remedies that may have adverse effects
Ginseng. tea - inc anticoags
Kava - heptoxic
St. John’s Wort - Serotonin syndrome, affects oral contraceptives, and some HIV meds.
Melatonin
SAMe
NATURAL means
Present in nature, but does not mean they are harmless.
What nutritional problems can patients with psychiatric disorders have?
Nutritional deficiencies
Eating too much or too little
Antipsychotic drugs may cause metabolic syndrome - obesity, diabetes, and hyperlipidemia
Anemia = depression
inflammation - depression link
What is orthomolecular therapy
Megavitamin therapy
Link between low vitamin D and ___________
Depression
Too much D inc Calcium hypercalcemia
Omega-3 fatty acids can help ——– and ———–
Depression
bipolar disorder
Microbiomes
MAY impact inflammatory state -
depression and anxiety