A patient tells the nurse that a chiropractor has been used to help with chronic neck and lower back pain. Which principle of chiropractic medicine should the nurse use to supplement this patient's plan of care?
a. Maintain health by keeping the body and mind in balance with nature
b. Remove interference with nerve function, so the body can heal itself
c. Promote healing and prevent illness through the use of nutrition, botanical medicine, and hydrotherapy
d. Relieve symptoms by administering tiny doses of substances that create symptoms of disease in a healthy person
ANS: B
B. The main treatment modality of chiropractors is manual adjustment and manipulation of the vertebral column and the extremities. Chiropractors use direct hand contact and mechanical and electrical treatment methods to manipulate joints. The goal is to remove interference with nerve function, so the body can heal itself. A. Ayurveda maintains that illness is the result of falling out of balance with nature. C. Naturopathy primarily uses natural therapies, such as nutrition, botanical medicine (herbs), hydrotherapy (water-based therapy), counseling, physical medicine, and homeopathy, to treat disease, promote healing, and prevent illness. D. Homeopathy is based on the principle that "like cures like"; in other words, that tiny doses of a substance that creates the symptoms of disease in a healthy person will relieve those symptoms in a sick person.
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