What is the importance of the nurse asking about the patient's use of alternative therapies when obtaining a health history?
a. Alternative therapies can be covered by insurance.
b. Alternative therapies have unfortunate interactions with traditional therapies.
c. Alternative therapies can be substituted for allopathic medicine.
d. Alternative therapies have curative and healing power.
ANS: B
Some alternative therapies may have serious side effects. As a rule, complementary and alternative (CAM) therapies are not curative or healing as is allopathic medicine. Some complementary therapies are covered by insurance, but alternative remedies are not.
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