When a client asks for an example of an alternative or complementary therapy, the nurse would correctly reply:
1. "ECT."
2. "Acupuncture."
3. "Response prevention."
4. "Classic conditioning."
ANS: 2
Acupuncture is considered an alternative or complementary therapy coming to Western health care from traditional oriental medicine. Options 1, 3, and 4 are considered allopathic therapies.
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