NUR 221 - Complementary and Alternative Therapy |
2024 Questions & Answers | 100% Correct | Verified
What is the definition of complementary? - ✔✔non-mainstream practice used together with
conventional medicine
What is the definition of alternative? - ✔✔non-mainstream practice that is used in place of conventional
medicine
-used in place of others
Most common alternative medicine? - ✔✔dietary supplements
What is the most important thing to ask when it comes to complementary/alternative medicine? - ✔✔is
it safe and does it work?
What is an Adverse effect of dietary supplement regulation? - ✔✔FDA can intervene but only after the
product has been released
How does testing between drugs and supplements differ? - ✔✔-drugs are presumed dangerous till
rigorous testing demonstrates otherwise
-supplements are presumed safe till demonstrated hazardous
List some reasons why people use supplements? - ✔✔-perception that supplements are safer
-sense of control over one's care
-emotional comfort from taking action
-cultural influence
-limited access to professional care
-lack of health insurance
-convenience
-media marking
, -recommendation by friends and family
What is the one vitamin that is synthesized in the body? - ✔✔vitamin D
Describe water soluble vitamins - ✔✔-Vitamin C and B
-absorbed with water in digestive tract
-not stored
-excreted in urine
Describe lipid soluble vitamins - ✔✔-vitamin A, D, E, and K
-must be ingested with other lipids
-may be stored in liver and adipose tissue
-may accumulate to toxic levels
What is the definition of recommended daily allowance? - ✔✔represents the minimum amount of
vitamin or mineral needed to prevent a deficiency in a healthy adult
Do most people need to take vitamins? - ✔✔no, most people who eat a balanced diet obtain enough
vitamins with supplementation
Vitamin deficiencies are usually associated with what? - ✔✔poverty, fad diets, chronic alcohol, or drug
abuse
Describe Vitamin A and what deficiency it can lead to? - ✔✔-retinol
-from foods with carotenes, dark leafy vegetables, butter, eggs, whole milk, and liver
-if deficient = liver cirrhosis or gastrectomy (chronic alcohol use)
Describe Vitamin D2. - ✔✔-ergocalciferol, plant based, in fortified dairy
2024 Questions & Answers | 100% Correct | Verified
What is the definition of complementary? - ✔✔non-mainstream practice used together with
conventional medicine
What is the definition of alternative? - ✔✔non-mainstream practice that is used in place of conventional
medicine
-used in place of others
Most common alternative medicine? - ✔✔dietary supplements
What is the most important thing to ask when it comes to complementary/alternative medicine? - ✔✔is
it safe and does it work?
What is an Adverse effect of dietary supplement regulation? - ✔✔FDA can intervene but only after the
product has been released
How does testing between drugs and supplements differ? - ✔✔-drugs are presumed dangerous till
rigorous testing demonstrates otherwise
-supplements are presumed safe till demonstrated hazardous
List some reasons why people use supplements? - ✔✔-perception that supplements are safer
-sense of control over one's care
-emotional comfort from taking action
-cultural influence
-limited access to professional care
-lack of health insurance
-convenience
-media marking
, -recommendation by friends and family
What is the one vitamin that is synthesized in the body? - ✔✔vitamin D
Describe water soluble vitamins - ✔✔-Vitamin C and B
-absorbed with water in digestive tract
-not stored
-excreted in urine
Describe lipid soluble vitamins - ✔✔-vitamin A, D, E, and K
-must be ingested with other lipids
-may be stored in liver and adipose tissue
-may accumulate to toxic levels
What is the definition of recommended daily allowance? - ✔✔represents the minimum amount of
vitamin or mineral needed to prevent a deficiency in a healthy adult
Do most people need to take vitamins? - ✔✔no, most people who eat a balanced diet obtain enough
vitamins with supplementation
Vitamin deficiencies are usually associated with what? - ✔✔poverty, fad diets, chronic alcohol, or drug
abuse
Describe Vitamin A and what deficiency it can lead to? - ✔✔-retinol
-from foods with carotenes, dark leafy vegetables, butter, eggs, whole milk, and liver
-if deficient = liver cirrhosis or gastrectomy (chronic alcohol use)
Describe Vitamin D2. - ✔✔-ergocalciferol, plant based, in fortified dairy
