During assessment, the patient tells the nurse that she eats a natural food/high vitamin di-et, exercises 30 minutes daily, uses meditation and yoga techniques for stress reduction, and takes prescribed antihypertensive medication
The nurse would assess that number of CAM therapies the patient uses as:
a. Four
b. Three
c. Two
d. One
ANS: A
CAM therapies include diet, exercise, yoga, and meditation. Only the prescribed antihyper-tensive medication would be considered conventional medical treatment.
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