A Nurse Would Like to Include Holistic Nursing Care in Her

question 11

Multiple Choice

A nurse would like to include holistic nursing care in her nursing practice. Which of the following actions must the nurse take first?

• A) Learn the specific therapy method.
• B) Engage in self-exploration.
• C) Explore the various types of complementary therapies available.
• D) Ask the person which type of therapy he or she prefers.

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Definitions:

Decentered

In developmental psychology, a term referring to the ability to take multiple aspects of a situation into account, seeing things from more than one perspective.

Memory Strategy

Techniques used to enhance memory retention, recall, or the encoding of information.

Elaboration

The process of adding more details or expanding on an idea, theory, or concept to provide a deeper or clearer understanding.

Selective Attention

Deployment of attention to only a chosen subset of the information available for processing in a situation. Selective attention to information that must be remembered later can be used as a memorization strategy.