The Nurse Is Caring for a Patient with Mental Illness

question 21

Multiple Choice

The nurse is caring for a patient with mental illness who expresses a desire to learn more about complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) . What will the nurse tell the patient about the difference between osteopathic and naturopathic medicine?

• A) "Osteopathy is a hands-on therapy that focuses on the health and function of the spine and other body structures and their effect on health; naturopathy stimulates the body's ability to heal itself by giving very small doses of highly diluted substances that, in larger doses, would produce symptoms or illness."
• B) "Osteopathy aims to support the body's inherent ability to maintain and restore health, and prefers to use treatment approaches considered to be the least invasive; naturopathy is a system of medicine that emphasizes the relationship between structure and function of the body."
• C) "Osteopathy is a system of medicine that emphasizes the relationship between structure and function of the body; naturopathy aims to support the body's inherent ability to maintain and restore health, and prefers to use treatment approaches considered to be the least invasive."
• D) "Osteopathy stimulates the body's ability to heal itself by giving very small doses of highly diluted substances that, in larger doses, would produce symptoms or illness; naturopathy is a hands-on therapy that focuses on the health and function of the spine and other body structures and their effect on health."

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