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NURS 35040- Complementary and Alternative Medicine
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Check My Assignment!Course objectives:
- Define wellness in the context of physical, mental, and spiritual aspect of self.
- Define and describe various CAM practices that have implications to historical practices and future practices of health care providers.
- Utilize evidence-based research on CAM under the National Institute of Health: National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) to make connections to traditionally Western medical techniques/treatments.
- Critically examine CAM practitioner’s beliefs, opinions & case studies.
- Critically examine ethical, legal, and professional standards related to:
- CAM
- CAM effectiveness & safety
- How to locate CAM practitioner & cost
- Develop the knowledge on the evolving Integrative Medicine in Medical Schools across the U.S.
- Gait a better understanding of complementary and alternative medicine-this course provided me with a lot of information regarding CAM techniques. This was done through participating through discussions and group project. There are many misconceptions of CAM, which were discussed in this class.
- Use the knowledge from this course and apply it to where this RN works-Through the knowledge learned in this class, this RN now approaches patient care differently. For example, patients are asked if they not only take medications, but supplements as well. The use of music therapy has also been used with patients.
- Become a group leader for the first time-this was accomplished by stepping up to become the leader for the group presentation. This RN kept good organization throughout the group presentation and communicated daily with the other group members. Expectations were clear throughout the project.
Course assignments:
Course assignments include online discussions, a seminar, and reflective journals. The online discussions require the students to use critical thinking while answering weekly questions. The online discussions require the students to discuss with one another the weekly questions, as well. Each student in the class plans, presents, facilitates, and evaluates a professional seminar covering a CAM topic. The seminars require the students to create behavioral objectives and critical thinking questions, along with presenting a Power Point Presentation on the CAM topic.The journals require the students to answer critical thinking questions based on course content presented in the previous weeks.


