Reflect on a non-invasive medical cancer procedure, Review the media presentation and the readings that focus on non-invasive and complementary and alternative healing therapies.
•Identify one complementary or alternative healing nursing therapy, or a non-invasive nursing therapy for a form of cancer.
•Describe the nursing therapy you identified and discuss the main elements you would include in a teaching plan for patients using this therapy.
Anderson, J.G.& Taylor, A.G. (2012). Use of complementary therapies for cancer symptom management: Results of the 2007 National Health Interview survey. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 18(3), 235-241. doi: 10.1089/acm.2011.0022
•Campbell, D.J.T., Ronksley, P.E., Manns, B.J., Tonelli, M., Sanmartin, C., Weaver, R.G.,…Hemmelgarn, B.R. (2014). The association of income with health behavior change and disease monitoring among patients with chronic disease. PloS ONE, 9(4) doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0094007
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