Complementary & Alternative Therapies for Nursing Practice

This practical guide covers the principles, techniques, research, and health promotion methods and healing practices of specific illnesses and symptoms. It encourages readers to explore alternative approaches and increases their knowledge about factors that contribute to health and illness. Includes: Chapters related to botanical healings, manual healing methods, mind-body techniques, and spiritual approaches to therapeutic intervention. USING RESEARCH TO HEAL feature presents current studies to further critical thinking and inspire you to design studies to answer your own questions. TRY THIS feature gives an example of how alternative practices can be integrated into your own life, as well as giving you ideas for client education. Appendix on Alternative Therapies for Common Health Problems. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.