The nurse who is working with patients using complementary or alternative medicine is aware that the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine is responsible for:
1. Ensuring the safety of complementary and alternative therapies.
2. Endorsing products for further approval by the FDA.
3. Testing new therapies and products.
4. Promoting research on complementary and alternative therapies and disseminating information to consumers.
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Rationale 1: The purpose and mission of NCCAM is not to ensure the safety of complementary and alternative therapies. That is the purpose of those engaged in research.
Rationale 2: The purpose and mission of NCCAM is not to endorse products for approval by the FDA. Most complementary and alternative therapies are not regulated by the FDA.
Rationale 3: The purpose and mission of NCCAM is not to test new therapies and products. That is the role of the researcher, although it is difficult to do research on these types of therapies, and the funds are often not available to accomplish this.
Rationale 4: The NCCAM was mandated by Congress in 1998 to promote research into complementary and alternative therapies, and to disseminate those research findings to consumers.
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