A Client with Chronic Back Pain Informs the Nurse He

question 10

Multiple Choice

A client with chronic back pain informs the nurse he has been receiving therapeutic touch in addition to his medications. What is the nurse's best classification of this client's treatment?

• A) pharmacotherapy.
• B) drug-absence therapy
• C) complementary therapy
• D) biologic therapy

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Definitions:

Uniformitarianism

The principle that the same natural laws and processes that operate in the universe now have always operated in the universe in the past and apply everywhere.

Catastrophism

The theory that Earth has been affected in the past by sudden, short-lived, violent events, possibly worldwide in scope.

Evolution

The process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth.

Biological Sciences

The branch of natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy.