In explaining alternative therapies to a client, the nurse may correctly say that these therapies:
1. Are not widely used in hospitals or reimbursed by insurance
2. Are often quackery and of little real value to those who use them
3. Have been widely researched and can take their place with allopathic medicine
4. Are more effective if used as preventive measures than if used for cure
ANS: 1
Alternative therapies are treatments and health care practices that are not widely taught in West-ern medical schools, not generally used in Western hospitals, and not generally reimbursed by health insurance. Option 2 does not reflect a holistic viewpoint. Option 3 is untrue; alternative therapies have not been widely researched. Option 4: No evidence supports this statement.
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