The nurse is educating a client on the characteristics of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Which characteristic should the nurse not include in the teaching?
1. Promote disease prevention, self-care, and self-healing.
2. Replace all traditional medication.
3. Focus on treating each individual person.
4. Consider the health of the whole person.
Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1: Promoting disease prevention, self-care, and self-healing is a characteristic of CAM.
Rationale 2: Replacing all traditional medication is not a characteristic of CAM.
Rationale 3: Focus on treating each individual is a characteristic of CAM.
Rationale 4: Considering the health of the whole person is a characteristic of CAM.
Global Rationale: Replacing all traditional medication is not a characteristic of CAM. Promoting disease prevention, self-care, and self-healing is a characteristic of CAM. Focus on treating each individual is a characteristic of CAM. Considering the health of the whole person is a characteristic of CAM.
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