Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Nursing Practice. 

BOOK Fontaine,K.L (2014) .

 Chapter 4 – Traditional Chinese
Chapter 5 –  Ayurvedic Medicine 

Question(s):   

Discuss Ayurvedic medicine .

· What is Ayurvedic medicine? 

· Explain the meaning of the word Ayurvedic. 

· Do you see any value of Ayurvedic medicine in the United States now days? (Explain your answer). 

· Would you integrate any of the Ayurveda practices into your nursing practice while caring for patients.

Guidelines: 

Apa format Time New Roman Format 12 font.

The answer should be based on the knowledge obtained from reading the book, no just your opinion. 

If there are 4 questions in the discussion, you must answer the four of them.   

Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Nursing Practice. 

BOOK Fontaine,K.L (2014) .

 Chapter 4 – Traditional Chinese
Chapter 5 –  Ayurvedic Medicine 

Question(s):   

Discuss Ayurvedic medicine .

· What is Ayurvedic medicine? 

· Explain the meaning of the word Ayurvedic. 

· Do you see any value of Ayurvedic medicine in the United States now days? (Explain your answer). 

· Would you integrate any of the Ayurveda practices into your nursing practice while caring for patients.

Guidelines: 

Apa format Time New Roman Format 12 font.

The answer should be based on the knowledge obtained from reading the book, no just your opinion. 

If there are 4 questions in the discussion, you must answer the four of them.   

Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Nursing Practice. 

BOOK Fontaine,K.L (2014) .

 Chapter 4 – Traditional Chinese
Chapter 5 –  Ayurvedic Medicine 

Question(s):   

Discuss Ayurvedic medicine .

· What is Ayurvedic medicine? 

· Explain the meaning of the word Ayurvedic. 

· Do you see any value of Ayurvedic medicine in the United States now days? (Explain your answer). 

· Would you integrate any of the Ayurveda practices into your nursing practice while caring for patients.

Guidelines: 

Apa format Time New Roman Format 12 font.

The answer should be based on the knowledge obtained from reading the book, no just your opinion. 

If there are 4 questions in the discussion, you must answer the four of them. 

 

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Thanks for your discussion on UTI. Women and older adults are at a higher risk for UTIs. Many people are prone to recurrent UTIs. Proper management and prevention is essential. UTI may be either cystitis (lower UTI) or pyelonephritis (upper UTI). The most common offending uropathogen in sporadic and recurrent UTIs is Escherichia coli or E. coli. Other bacteria that commonly are the offending organisms are Staphylococcus saprophyticus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Proteus mirabilis (Aydin, Ahmed, Zaman, Khan, & Dasgupta 2014). 

With recurrent UTIs, prophylaxis is often necessary. One particular prophylaxis treatment that may be recommended is consumption of cranberry juice or tablets. While some studies indicate that cranberry juice inhibits adherence of pathogens to the uroepithelial cells, effectiveness of cranberry juice as prevention of UTIs remains debated. With conflicting data regarding effectiveness among many studies, the provider will have to decide if recommending cranberry juice for prophylaxis will be a part of a patient’s treatment plan. What would be your recommendations for the patient with recurrent UTI & why?

 

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Comment 1

“Medication reconciliation is a critical piece of care coordination for all individuals who use prescription medications. 82% of all adults in the U.S. take at least one medication (prescription or nonprescription, vitamin/mineral, herbal/natural supplement); 29% take five or more” (Kantor, et al, 2015). It is easy to imagine with more than 75% of adults taking medication in the United States, that the risk of interactions among prescription and over the counter drugs, along with herbbal supplements, is greatly increased. Pharmacies are getting better about cross-referencing all drugs when new prescriptions come in, but that is only as good as the information provided to them. For example, if a patient uses more than one pharmacy to get their meds filled, and the systems do not “talk to each other” electronically, or the patient takes supplements and herbs and does not notify the physician or pharmacist, there is no way the database will have the information in it. 

Fortunately, there are tools available to patients and families to help with this process in case they omitted certain medications or supplements on their lists that the doctor has. There is virtual tool called “Drug Interaction Checker”, which is a system that cross references the medications the patient is on with any potential dangerous interactions. The patient can enter the names of all medications and supplements into the database for review. If any interactions appeat, they can call the pharmacist or their prescribing doctor to clarify if the medication should be stopped, changed, or continued. 

Comment 2

I agree.  Spiritual care would definitely be an asset in this situation.  Unfortunately, spiritual care is not front in center, at least in the organizations that I have been a part of.  Also, when I worked inpatient and would ask patients if they would like to speak with a chaplain, they used to think something was seriously wrong with them. Some of the cited reasons for lack of spiritual care in hospitals were not having an agreed definition on what spirituality is, what the nurses’ role is in addressing spirituality, the lack of time to meet a patient’s spiritual need, and a lack of training nurses have in spirituality (Rushton, 2014). 

Comment 3

I think this patient is definetly in need of teaching concerning her C-PAP machine for sleep apnea.  Most patients seem to rebel at wearing the mask. So in the first few days especially the nurse could assess whether she is having trouble wearing all through the night. Non-compliant patients need the continued encouragement until they realize how important it is for the progress of their health.  Myown husband for example had to be closely monitored for a year. He would rip it off in the middle of the night and unless I gentle put it back on him he didn’t wear it. and then I didn’t sleep.   Make sure your mask is a good fit. The most common problems with CPAP occur when the mask does not fit properly. So education about the C-PAP is a must for her.

 

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Question:

 

Regarding Tobacco Free Florida ads, how does Nicotine Replacement Therapy fit in?

Also, what is the status of the Zika virus in Florida for 2017, 2018 and 2019?

 

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   Nurses assist patients in their pain experience. The pain experience is dependent on many variables, such as age, culture, past experience, duration, and intensity. Although the experience of pain is subjective, nurses choose appropriate pain scales to quantify severity. Pain management is best accomplished by working closely with the health care team and in collaboration with the patient. The Joint Commission (2018) has revised pain assessment and management standards, requiring hospitals to have policies that engage patients in treatment decisions and include at least one non-pharmacological pain treatment modality.  

 Directions: Please read the “Joint Comission’s Pain Management Update” and discuss the following with your classmates.

1. Explain one non-pharmacological treatment that you offer patients and describe the context in which it seems to work best.

2. Is there an alternative method of pain relief that you would like to learn?

3. Describe your approach to assessing pain in your patients.

4. Describe how you include patients in pain management decisions 

 

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