A Native American Client Informs the Nurse That She Practices

question 8

Multiple Choice

A Native American client informs the nurse that she practices shamanism. The nurse is aware that shamanism is best described as which of the following?

• A) Use of general healing techniques that involve plants, herbs, animals, ritual, ceremony, and purification by a medicine man or woman
• B) A system of postures, exercises, breathing techniques, and visualization that regulate balance
• C) The placement of thin, short, sterile needles at centers of nerve and vascular tissue along a meridian
• D) Adjustment of the spine to accomplish proper alignment and to release pressure on a nerve

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Definitions:

Accumulators

Devices in hydraulic systems that store fluid under pressure, used to absorb shock or maintain pressure.

Potential Energy

The energy possessed by an object because of its position relative to others, stresses within itself, its electric charge, or other factors.

Dampen Shock

To reduce or absorb the impact of vibrations, impacts, or oscillations in a system, typically through the use of dampers or shock absorbers.

Fixed Displacement

Pertains to pumps or engines where the volume of fluid or gas moved per cycle is constant, unrelated to pressure or flow rate.