Real World Nursing Survival Guide: Complementary and Alternative Therapies

Real World Nursing Survival Guide: Complementary and Alternative Therapies
is a study and review aid for nursing students who are struggling with this
challenging and relatively uncharted subject area. This book offers a visual,
interactive approach that clearly and engagingly explains how to integrate
complementary and alternative therapies into more conventional nursing care. This
REAL WORLD GUIDE consists of four parts. Part One: Pharmacologic
Therapies discusses 30 commonly-used herbal products and dietary
supplements, covering Actions, Dose, Side Effects, Indications and Uses,
Contraindications and Precautions, Patient History, Potential Drug Interactions, and
Patient Education. Part Two: Non-Pharmacologic Therapies discusses 25
alternative therapies, covering Benefits and Uses, Risks and Precautions, Patient
Education, and Practitioners. Part Three: Helpful Cross-References includes an
alphabetical index of conditions and uses for which the therapies are effective, as well
as an index of side effects of the various therapies. Part Four contains a variety of
Learning Activities with answers. The questions are referenced by section to give
students an opportunity to test their knowledge and review topics that they still find
difficult.

• Narrows the gap between the facts learned in school and the wisdom that nurses need to survive in the real world.
• Features original cartoon illustrations and a theme cat cartoon character that walks the student through difficult subjects with a light-hearted, engaging approach to learning.
• Helps the nursing student integrate complementary and alternative therapies into more conventional health care approaches taught in medical-surgical, pharmacology, and other clinical courses.
• Presents material in a clear and entertaining way by using adult learning principles and various active-learning strategies to engage nursing students of all ages, backgrounds, and learning styles.
• Divides information into manageable units and reinforces the learning process.
• Helps the student quickly identify special content in the chapter with icons for cautions, lifespan considerations, cultural implications, and related websites.
• Emphasizes essential terminology by bolding Key Words in the narrative and defining them in the margin.
• Promotes learning with a variety of interactive activities including fill-in the blank, NCLEX®-style review questions, matching, word jumbles, word search, and crossword puzzles.
• Offers succinct points of advice that students can use to prepare for their clinical rotation.