NRSG 1180 - Integrative Health

Credit hours: 1 (lecture)

Course Description:
This course provides students with knowledge to enhance nursing practice through use of alternative and complementary modalities in various states of wellness and illness. Students will explore therapeutic uses and methods of applying these therapies while integrating them into their nursing practice.

Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will:

Recognize the basic concepts guiding alternative therapies.
Decribe the purpose of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) and National Institutes for Health.
Discuss the scope of complementary and alternative therapies with particular attention to the cultural aspects of their use.
Differentiate manipulative and mind-body-based therapies form biologic-based therapies.
Cite examples of manual healing methods and mind-body-based therapies.
Provide examples of botanical/herbal therapies, their purpose, and their adverse effects.
Describe ways in which nurses can use knowledge of complementary and alternative therapies in providing nursing care.
Discuss implications for care of patients using complementary and alternative therapies.
Describe ways in which nurses can use selected complementary and alternative therapies for self-care and health promotion.