Complementary & Integrative Therapies for Nursing Practice - Softcover

Fontaine RN MSN, Karen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0134754069 ISBN 13: 9780134754062

Publisher: Pearson, 2018

Synopsis

For nursing courses covering alternative healing.

The most complete research¿-based guide to complementary and alternative medicine
Complementary & Integrative Therapies for Nursing Practice is today’s most comprehensive overview of alternative health practices and complementary therapies from a nursing perspective. With an easy-to-follow format, the text helps nursing students assimilate thousands of years of healing knowledge and integrate complementary healing methods into Western health care practices. Students will learn specific techniques they can apply to improving the health of their patients and their own well-being. The 5th edition further emphasizes practical applications of complementary and integrative medicine, while providing new research, resources, and topics of interest supporting key concepts. 

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About the Author

About our author

Karen Lee Fontaine has authored numerous nursing textbooks since 1987, some of which have been translated into Spanish, Korean, Greek and Russian. She has 10 journal publications and 22 contributed chapters in a variety of nursing textbooks. She is a certified sex therapist (American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists) and maintains a private practice in Chicago. She has recently retired as Professor of Nursing, Purdue University Northwest.

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Most complete research¿-based guide to complementary and alternative medicine
Complementary & Integrative Therapies for Nursing Practice is today’s most comprehensive overview of alternative health practices and complementary therapies from a nursing perspective. With an easy-to-follow format, the text helps nursing students assimilate thousands of years of healing knowledge and integrate complementary healing methods into Western health care practices. Students will learn specific techniques they can apply to improving the health of their patients and their own well-being. The 5th edition further emphasizes practical applications of complementary and integrative medicine, while providing new research, resources, and topics of interest supporting key concepts.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0134754069
• ISBN 13: 9780134754062
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 464