A older Asian patient receiving physical therapy after hip surgery has developed a low-grade fever. The patient explains that the fever will lessen if the treatment includes the principles of yin/yang. The nurse expects to support the patient by
a. providing privacy when his shaman visits.
b. arranging for his diet to include cold foods and liquids.
c. planning his physical therapy so it does not conflict with meditation.
d. keeping a magical amulet under his pillow.
B
The yin/yang theory proposes that health is a result of balance within the body. A principle of this theory is that an illness is either hot or cold and must be treated by elements of the opposite state in order to put the system back into balance. It is not related to shaman visits, meditation, or amulets.
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