During assessment, the client tells the nurse that she eats a natural food-high vitamin diet, exer-cises 30 minutes daily, uses meditation, uses yoga techniques for stress reduction, and takes pre-scribed antihypertensive medication
The nurse would assess that number of CAM therapies the client uses as:
1. Four
2. Three
3. Two
4. One
ANS: 1
CAM therapies include diet, exercise, yoga, and meditation. Only the prescribed antihypertensive medication would be considered conventional medical treatment.
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