A nurse uses Therapeutic Touch to decrease a postoperative client's nausea. Which of the following is a principle of this CAT modality?
A) A human being is a closed energy system.
B) A human being is bilaterally asymmetric.
C) Illness is an imbalance in a person's energy field.
D) Humans do not have the ability to transform.
Ans: C
Therapeutic Touch, the use of the hands on or near the body with the intent to help or heal, is based on four principles. One of the principles is that illness is an imbalance in a person's energy field. Humans are open energy systems, are not bilaterally asymmetric, and have the ability to transform.
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