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Using the NIH website, how would you describe CAM and the typical person who uses CAM? Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) are health care approaches that are used outside the typical western practice. These two approaches are different, complementary is referred to when conventional medicine and another approach is used together, while alternative does not use conventional medicine. (NIH, 2017)Complementary practice includes the use of natural products and mind/body practices. Natural products that are used include herbs, probiotics, vitamins, and minerals. Mind and body practices include yoga, meditation, acupuncture, relaxation techniques chi, hypnotherapy, chiropractic, and osteopathic manipulation therapy. (NIH, 2017) The typical person who uses CAM balances their health through equalization of mind, body, and spirit. (Falvo, 2011) According to, American nurse today, a study was conducted that found aromatherapy helpful in reducing nurse stress in the workplace. (Reynolds, 2018) Aromatherapy uses extracted aromatic essences from plants to balance, complement, and promote the health of body and mind. Nurses participated in a stress test in which stress levels were measured before, during and after diffusing essential oils. Stress was measured using a perceived stress scale(PSS), in which was tested 2 weeks before the intervention, and then over the next 4 weeks during (nebulized diffusers placed at the nurse’s station), and then after 4 weeks after the diffusers were removed. A reduction of stress levels was revealed compared to baseline to during and after aromatherapy. (Reynolds, 2018) Falvo, D. R. (2011). Effective patient education: A guide to increased adherence (4th ed.). Sudbury (Massachusetts): Jones and Bartlett. NIH. (2017). The Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the United States. Retrieved from https://nccih.nih.gov/research/statistics/2007/camsurvey_fs1.htm Reynolds, J. (2018). Using aromatherapy in the clinical setting: Making sense of scents. American Nurse Today, 13(6). Retrieved from https://www.americannursetoday.com/aromatherapy-clinical-setting/. What are the percentages of people using CAM with prayer and those who do not? Approximately one- third of adults use complementary and alternative medicine(CAM). (NAACM, 2012)CaM is used with or without the use of conventional medicine. According to this nationwide survey, almost two- thirds (62 percent ) of US adults used prayer. (NAACM, 2012)By incorporating prayer, Americans use CAM in hopes that treatment and prevention of disease have better odds and overall the quality of life is enhanced. The survey did indicate that CAM was used greater by women, individuals of higher education, individuals recently hospitalized and former smokers compared to other groups. Spiritual practices(use of prayer) is one way of being involved in the health and healing of This study source was downloaded by 100000831988016 from CourseHero.com on 05-02-2022 05:58:12 GMT -05:00 https://www.coursehero.com/file/45434109/wk-5DQdocx/ oneself. It is said that forty-three percent of individuals pray for their health, while twenty-four percent have others that pray for them. (NAACM, 2012) Elicits N. (Ed.). (2012, January 10). More Than One-Third of U.S. Adults Use Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Accor

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