Nurse Key

Introduction The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM; 2012) includes herbal preparations (also called botanicals), vitamins, minerals, dietary supplements or nutraceuticals, essential oils, and live microorganisms (usually bacteria)…

Exercise Diane Treat-Jacobson Ulf G. Bronäs Dereck Salisbury Exercise is well recognized as a lifelong endeavor essential for energetic, active, and healthy living. In large, longitudinal studies in the United…

Relaxation Therapies Elizabeth L. Pestka Susan M. Bee Michele M. Evans Many people’s lives are very stressful so it is important to have techniques to help lower stress levels to…

Tai Chi Kuei-Min Chen Time pressure is emerging as a contemporary malaise. Lack of time is the major barrier to exercising regularly. Failure to exercise may lead to mental strain,…

Massage Melodee Harris Massage is a widely used complementary therapy that has been employed by nurses since the time of Florence Nightingale. Early nurse specialists in massage traced the history…

Introduction The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) defines this group of therapies as “practices (that) focus primarily on the structures and systems of the body, including bones…

Animal-Assisted Therapy Susan O’Conner-Von The domestication of animals began more than 12,000 years ago and continues today as animals play a significant role in human life (Lindsay, 2000). Much of…

Storytelling Margaret P. Moss The art and science of storytelling is presented in this chapter as a mechanism that can be used in alternative or complementary therapy. Its historical roots…

Journaling Mariah Snyder Journal writing is one of a group of therapies that provides an opportunity for persons to reflect on and analyze their lives and the events and people…