1. What were the main points in this chapter?
The main point in this chapter is to learn how to use the western and eastern medicine to enhance medicine and patient care
• The use of touch to enhance patient care.
• The use of the healing process and preventative measure instead of western medicine to help patient care which is also refers to as Alternative Medicine.
• The use of touch as a complementary medicine with Western medicine in the healing process of a patient.
• The use the body, mind, and spirit system in the healing process
2. In what ways does this chapter confirm what you already know?
I have always knew the power of touch and the connection roles it take in the healing process but never thought of it as a nursing intervention of helping patients.
Growing up in a developing country where the western medicine is not affordable to every citizen, the eastern medicine is what I grew up knowing. Back in Nigeria, it is regarded as an ancient kind of medicine; student in this line of work starts as an apprentice and it is a knowledge that is passed from one generation to another. …show more content…
Informing the patients about the procedures and step of the Therapeutic care plan and intervention from the beginning, during the session and at the end of the session. Ask question on how the patient feels about touching certain area of their body since each patient is treated as an individual. How the therapeutic nursing interventions like touch, massage does not only help the patient but benefit the nurses who are providing the care. It helps on how nurses can take care for themselves, relate to the patient and their environment. And to be aware as a future nurse, according to the Berney and Snyder’s book to be open minded and never to assume anything about the patient’s
The main point in this chapter is to learn how to use the western and eastern medicine to enhance medicine and patient care
• The use of touch to enhance patient care.
• The use of the healing process and preventative measure instead of western medicine to help patient care which is also refers to as Alternative Medicine.
• The use of touch as a complementary medicine with Western medicine in the healing process of a patient.
• The use the body, mind, and spirit system in the healing process
2. In what ways does this chapter confirm what you already know?
I have always knew the power of touch and the connection roles it take in the healing process but never thought of it as a nursing intervention of helping patients.
Growing up in a developing country where the western medicine is not affordable to every citizen, the eastern medicine is what I grew up knowing. Back in Nigeria, it is regarded as an ancient kind of medicine; student in this line of work starts as an apprentice and it is a knowledge that is passed from one generation to another. …show more content…
Informing the patients about the procedures and step of the Therapeutic care plan and intervention from the beginning, during the session and at the end of the session. Ask question on how the patient feels about touching certain area of their body since each patient is treated as an individual. How the therapeutic nursing interventions like touch, massage does not only help the patient but benefit the nurses who are providing the care. It helps on how nurses can take care for themselves, relate to the patient and their environment. And to be aware as a future nurse, according to the Berney and Snyder’s book to be open minded and never to assume anything about the patient’s