A Native American client informs the nurse that she practices shamanism. The nurse is aware that shamanism is best described as which of the following?
A) Use of general healing techniques that involve plants, herbs, animals, ritual, ceremony, and purification by a medicine man or woman
B) A system of postures, exercises, breathing techniques, and visualization that regulate balance
C) The placement of thin, short, sterile needles at centers of nerve and vascular tissue along a meridian
D) Adjustment of the spine to accomplish proper alignment and to release pressure on a nerve
Ans: A
Shamanism is the use of general healing techniques that involve plants, herbs, animals, ritual, ceremony, and purification by a medicine man or woman. Qi gong is a system of postures, exercises, breathing techniques, and visualization that regulate balance. Acupuncture is the placement of thin, short, sterile needles at centers of nerve and vascular tissue along a meridian. Chiropractic medicine is the adjustment of the spine to accomplish proper alignment and to release pressure on a nerve.
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