PN3 EXAM 3 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
A nurse is caring for a client using therapies instead of conventional or
mainstream medical treatments. The nurse is aware that the clients caring
include?
Alternative therapies
The nurse can encourage a client to visualize a soothing mental picture in
combination with traditional medical intervention. A client is practicing which
self-regulatory technique?
Imagery
What is the fundamental concept of reflexology?
Foot is the microcosm of the entire body
The nurse is caring for a client on a hospice unit who has been diagnosed with
terminal cancer. Plan of care might include the use of which complementary
therapies to help reduce the clients cancer pain?
Imagery, healing touch, biofeedback, relaxation
Chinese client may believe that disease results when energy flow is blocked and
that a healing technique releases blocked energy by pressing or massaging
certain points along the meridians. Technique is known as
Acupressure
Which of the following clients would be the best candidate for touch therapy?
A client experiencing pain that may be related to stress or musculoskeletal stiffness
A process that activates the individuals forces from within is called?
Healing
Research into which new field of science supports the idea that the human mind
can alter the human mind can alter the physiology of the body?
Psychoneuroimmunology
A client is experiencing acute pain for which pain medication is not indicated.
Nurse can teach the client which of the following complementary interventions to
assist with pain control?
Relaxation
Inseparable connection and operations of thoughts, feelings, and physiological
functions is known as?
Body-mind
Which of the following statements is true regarding the performance of
alternative or complementary therapies by nurses?
Some types of alternative therapies are not within the scope of practice for nurses
Chemical substances that are produced by the body and facilitate nerve-impulse
transmission are called?
Neurotransmitter
ANSWERS
A nurse is caring for a client using therapies instead of conventional or
mainstream medical treatments. The nurse is aware that the clients caring
include?
Alternative therapies
The nurse can encourage a client to visualize a soothing mental picture in
combination with traditional medical intervention. A client is practicing which
self-regulatory technique?
Imagery
What is the fundamental concept of reflexology?
Foot is the microcosm of the entire body
The nurse is caring for a client on a hospice unit who has been diagnosed with
terminal cancer. Plan of care might include the use of which complementary
therapies to help reduce the clients cancer pain?
Imagery, healing touch, biofeedback, relaxation
Chinese client may believe that disease results when energy flow is blocked and
that a healing technique releases blocked energy by pressing or massaging
certain points along the meridians. Technique is known as
Acupressure
Which of the following clients would be the best candidate for touch therapy?
A client experiencing pain that may be related to stress or musculoskeletal stiffness
A process that activates the individuals forces from within is called?
Healing
Research into which new field of science supports the idea that the human mind
can alter the human mind can alter the physiology of the body?
Psychoneuroimmunology
A client is experiencing acute pain for which pain medication is not indicated.
Nurse can teach the client which of the following complementary interventions to
assist with pain control?
Relaxation
Inseparable connection and operations of thoughts, feelings, and physiological
functions is known as?
Body-mind
Which of the following statements is true regarding the performance of
alternative or complementary therapies by nurses?
Some types of alternative therapies are not within the scope of practice for nurses
Chemical substances that are produced by the body and facilitate nerve-impulse
transmission are called?
Neurotransmitter
