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Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects

2018

CAM

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Registered Nurses’ Attitudes Towards Complementary And Alternative Medicine In Patients’ Healing, Chidozie Ibe Jan 2018

Registered Nurses’ Attitudes Towards Complementary And Alternative Medicine In Patients’ Healing, Chidozie Ibe

Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects

With the ever-growing popularity of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in the United States, patients may be using some of these therapies at home or may benefit from their use to help them heal from their symptoms and diseases. Registered nurses are in a great position to be able to assess patients for their use of CAM and provide necessary education. A review of literature found that nurses generally lacked adequate knowledge about CAM therapies. The purpose of this thesis study was to assess registered nurses’ attitudes towards CAM in regards to its role in patients’ healing, as attitudes often …