A Nursing Instructor Has Been Teaching the Clinical Students the Difference

question 23

Multiple Choice

A nursing instructor has been teaching the clinical students the difference between complementary and alternative therapies. Which statement, if made by a student, would indicate that teaching has been successful?

• A) "A complementary therapy may be defined as any procedure or product that is used instead of conventional treatment."
• B) "An alternative therapy is used in conjunction with conventional medicine."
• C) "Because alternative therapies are used in place of medically prescribed treatments, patients might be reluctant to discuss them with a conventional physician."
• D) "Integrative nursing combines mainstream medical therapies with alternative therapies."

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Process by which a child absorbs the meaning of a new word after hearing it once or twice in conversation.

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