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“There are two ways to live your life, one is as though nothing is a miracle, the other is as though everything is a miracle.”
Albert Einstein
BLOGSubject: Complementary Therapies
36% of adults use some form of Complementary therapies (CAM) Complementary Alternative Medicine in their daily lives. Relaxation techniques are the mainstay of CAM. Relaxation techniques include but are not limited to meditation, hypnotherapy, visual imagery, music therapy and deep breathing. Children also are excellent candidates using CAM especially hypnotherapies and visual imagery; children see their world thru vivid imagination and dreams.
PRIMARY RESEARCH
SECONDARY
Primary research (also call field research) involves what already exits.
Questionnaire surveys Interviews: informal or structured
Observation: Participant
Secondary research (also known as desk research) involves the summary, collation and/or synthesis of existing research.
Published texts, reports, and internet.
www.wikipedia.org
Methodology
OFFICAL WEB SITES [email protected] www.wikipedia.org http://
www.nurseweek.com www.aspan.org www.Pubmed.org
Search Engines Google Yahoo MSN/Windows
Were use to find official web sites for accuracy and authenticity
ADULTS
&
PEDIATRICS A
dults’
Create an environment that would allow patients an option to have complementary therapies pre-operatively
and postoperatively.
Pediatric Population
The pediatric population are excellent subjects for complementary therapies. Children live in a wonderful world of wonderment and imagination.
Pediatrics
Article taken from Nurse Week
“No More Tears” by Janet Kilgore RN
Demonstrated that there was a reduction in children’s postoperative pain and anxiety with the use of medicine and imagery tools such as videos,
audiotapes, relaxation, and imagery techniques pre and postoperative.
http://www.nurseweek.com/news/features/04-11/painmgmtprogram.asp
Adult Patients
Adult patients are increasingly using complementary and alternative medicine.
Research shown by well renowned physicians Dr. Dean Ornish, MD http://www.ornish.com/Dr. Herbert Benson, MDwww.mbmi.org/benson/default.asp Both has shown that relaxation training decreases the
body’s response to norepenephrine, which is hormone released in reaction to stress.
Why do patients turn to complementary medicine
250 patients from three complementary practices surveyed stated,
1. “ I value the emphasis on treating the whole person.”2. “ I believe complementary therapy will be more effective for
my problem than orthodox medicine.”3. “ I believe that complementary medicine will enable me to
take a more active part in maintaining my health.”www.pubmed.govDepartment of Psychology, University College London,UK.BR J Clin Psychol . 1996 Feb;35 (pt 1):37-48
Nursing and the Patient
Combination of traditional medicine and complementary therapies would be a better way to serve our patient population.
By focusing on general outcomes of reducing pain and anxiety nurses would not only be empowering themselves but would also be empowering our patients to participate in their own healing process.
Where To Next
Research, research and more research Patient feedback thru questionnaires Pilot a program for the surgical patient Start small and grow big… Combination is the
CONCLUSION
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ideas. Easy to use High quality network
Relaxation TechniqueSix-Second Quieting Response
Draw a long, deep breath and push your stomach out Hold for two to three seconds
Exhale, slowly and completely, with a long breath Let your shoulders and jaw drop as you exhale
Feel the relaxation travel from your neck and shoulders down your arms and out your fingertips
RESEARCHING
OLIVIA
In the beginning there was a little boy named Brian
1/20/1976
CONTINUED: RESEARCHING OLIVIA
Then there was a little girl named Laurie
1/15/1976
29 Years LaterWedding day 6/25/2005
OLIVIA 2/23/2007
Birth One Month 3 Months 4 Months
Thank you Jo-Ann Graziano
Questions: