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Complementary Therapies in Nursing

Promoting Integrative Care

Ninth Edition

Editors

Ruth Lindquist, PhD, RN

Mary Fran Tracy, PhD, RN, APRN, CNS, FCNS, FAAN

Mariah Snyder, PhD

Description

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The ninth edition of this acclaimed resource is completely updated to deliver the newest evidence-based research and practice guidelines for commonly used complementary therapies in nursing. The book delivers new and expanded international content including information highlighting indigenous culture-based therapies and systems of care. It features many recent advances in technology including digital resources facilitating effective delivery, monitoring, and measurement of therapy outcomes.

This resource presents evidence for using complementary therapies with populations experiencing health disparities and describes a new approach to use of complementary therapies for nurses' and patients' self-care. State-of-the-art information also includes expanded safety and precaution content, updated legal concerns in regulation and credentialing, a discussion of challenges and strategies for implementing therapies and programs, and a completely new chapter on Heat and Cold Therapies.

The ninth edition continues to provide in-depth information about each complementary therapy, as well as the scientific basis and current evidence for its use in specific patient populations. Consistent chapter formats promote ease of access to information, and each therapy includes instructional techniques and safety precautions.

New to the Ninth Edition:

Expanded information related to technology and digital resources to foster effective delivery, monitoring, and measuring therapy outcomes
New and expanded international content highlighting indigenous culture-based therapies and systems of care
New information on integrating therapies in practice with abundant case examples
Examples of institution-wide or organization-wide complementary therapy programs
New chapter on Heat and Cold Therapies
All new content on the use of therapies for Self-Care

Key Features:

80 prominent experts sharing perspectives on complementary therapies from over 30 countries
Chapters include a practice protocol delineating basic steps of an intervention along with measuring outcomes
Consistently formatted for ease of use
Presents international sidebars in each chapter providing rich global perspectives

Contents

Foreword by Patrick J. Dean

Preface: Equipping Nurses and Nursing Students for Globally Aware Culturally Sensitive Care

Ruth Lindquist, Mary Fran Tracy, and Mariah Snyder

PART I. FOUNDATIONS FOR PRACTICE

Overview

Kuei-Min Chen

Chapter 1. Evolution and Use of Complementary and Alternative Therapies and Integrative Health Approaches

Mariah Snyder, Ruth Lindquist, Mary Fran Tracy, and Kuei-Min Chen

Sidebar 1.1.

Miryam Benites Cerna

Sidebar 1.2.

Jehad Adwan

Sidebar 1.3.

Mansour Hadidi

Chapter 2. Presence

Frank Bennett

Sidebar: 2.1.

Naheed Meghani

Chapter 3. Therapeutic Listening

Mary Fran Tracy

Shigeaki Watanuki

Ruth Lindquist

Sidebar 3.1.

Shigeaki Watanuki

Sidebar 3.2.

Nasra Giama

Sidebar 3.3

Karim Bauza

Chapter 4. Creating Optimal Healing Environments

Theresa Zborowsky and Mary Jo Kreitzer

Sidebar 4.1.

Maria Tarlue Keita, Liberia, West Africa

Sidebar 4.2.

Ioanna Gryllaki

Chapter 5. Systems of Care: Tibetan Medicine

Miriam E. Cameron and Tenzin Namdul

Sidebar 5.1.

Tashi Llamo

Chapter 6. Self-Care and Use of Complementary Therapies

Barbara Riegel and Ruth Lindquist

Sidebar 6.1.

Onome Henry Osokpo

Sidebar 6.2.

Eneida Rejane Rabelo da Silva, Graziella Badin Aliti, and Omar Pereira de Almeida Neto

Sidebar 6.3.

Anna Strömberg and Tiny Jaarsma

PART II.MINDY-BODY SPIRIT THERAPIES

Overview

Linda Chlan and Mary Fran Tracy

Chapter 7. Imagery

Maura Fitzgerald and Mary Langevin

Case Study 7.1.

Nicole Englebert

Sidebar 7.1. Theresa Fleming, Matthew Shepherd, New Zealand

Chapter 8. Music Intervention

Linda Chlan and Annie Heiderscheit

Sidebar 8.1.

Sumathy Sundar

Chapter 9. Yoga

Miriam E. Cameron and Corjena K. Cheung

Sidebar 9.1.

George Dovas

Chapter 10. Biofeedback

Jaclene A. Zauszniewski and Elizabeth A. Williams

Sidebar 10.1.

Nutchanart Bunthumporn

Chapter 11. Meditation

Michael Christopher, Dana Dharmakaya Colgan and Akeesha Simmons

Sidebar 11.1.

Sukjai Charoensuk

Chapter 12. Journaling

Kasey Boehmer

Sidebar 12.1.

Marlene Dohm and Letica S. Lantican

Chapter 13. Storytelling

Margaret P. Moss

Sidebar 13.1.

Eunice M. Areba

Chapter 14. Animal-Assisted Therapy

Susan O’Conner-Von

Sidebar 14.1.

Jing-Jy Sellin Wang and Miaofen Yen

Sidebar 14.2.

Isabel Rossato, Paula Eustáquio, Amália de Fátima Lucena, and Lisiane Prunelli

PART III. MANIPULATIVE AND BODY-BASED THERAPIES

Overview

Kuei-Min Chen

Chapter 15. Massage

Melodee Harris

Sidebar 15.1.

Thanchanok Wongvibul

Sidebar 15.2.

Sarah Walker

Chapter 16. Tai Chi

Kuei-Min Chen

Sidebar 16.1.

Graeme D. Smith

Chapter 17. Relaxation Therapies

Michele M. Evans and Susan Bee

Sidebar 17.1.

Siok-Bee Tan

Chapter 18. Exercise

Dereck L. Salisbury, Erica N. Schorr, Ulf G. Bronäs, and Diane Treat-Jacobson

Sidebar 18.1.

Ulf G. Bronas

Sidebar 18.2.

Gladys O. Igbo

PART IV. BIOLOGICALLY-BASED THERAPIES

Overview

Margo Halm

Chapter 19. Aromatherapy

Janet Tomaino and Linda L. Halcon

Sidebar 19.1.

Jacqui Stringer

Sidebar 19.2.

Trisha Dunning

Chapter 20. Herbal Medicines

Gregory Plotnikoff and Angela Lillehei

Sidebar 20.1.

Kenji Watanabe

Chapter 21. Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals

Melissa H. Frisvold

Sidebar 21.1.

Faith Sebuliba

PART V. ENERGY HEALING THERAPIES

Overview

Corjena Cheung

Chapter 22. Heat and Cold Therapies

Margo Halm and Ruth Lindquist

Sidebar 22.1.

Thóra Jenný Gunnarsdóttir

Sidebar 22.1.

Reino Lindqvist

Chapter 23. Healing Touch

Lauren Johnson, Cindy Dols Finn, Marilyn Bach, Susan Heitzman, and Alexa W. Umbreit

Sidebar 23.1.

Sue Kagel

Sidebar 23.3.

Chris Lepoutre

Chapter 24. Reiki

Debbie Ringdahl

Sidebar 24.1.

Ikuko Ebihara and Hyakuten Inamoto

Chapter 25. Acupressure

Pam Weiss-Farnan

Sidebar 25.1.

Fang Yu

Chapter 26. Reflexology

Thóra Jenný Gunnarsdóttir

Sidebar 26.1.

Leila Eriksen

PART VI. PRACTICE, EDUCATION, AND RESEARCH

Overview

Avis Johnson-Smith

Chapter 27. Integrating Complementary Therapies into Education

Carie A. Braun

Case Study

Joyce Perkins

Sidebar 27.1.

Karin Gerber

Chapter 28. Integrating Complementary Therapies into Practice Settings

Cynthia Lee Dols Finn

Case Study 28.1.

Michelle McGrorey and Deborah McKinney

Sidebar 28.1.

Milena Flória-Santos

Chapter 29. Perspectives on Future Research

Mary Fran Tracy

Sidebar 29.1.

Sohye Lee

Chapter 30. Afterword

Ruth Lindquist , Margo Halm, Mary Fran Tracy, and Mariah Snyder

Authors

Ruth Lindquist, PhD, RN is Professor Emeritus of Nursing and Graduate Faculty member of the Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality and Healing at the University of Minnesota. She is a member of the University of Minnesota Academy of Distinguished Teachers and the Academic Health Center Academy of Excellence in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. In her practice and research, Dr. Lindquist uses evidence-based complementary therapies and behavioral strategies to reduce cardiovascular disease risk and promote health-related quality of life. She cofounded an innovative women's only cardiac support group to enhance self-care and transform lifestyles to reduce heart disease risks. As a Densford Scholar in the Katherine J. Densford International Center for Nursing Leadership, she worked with her team to conduct a landmark national survey of critical care nurses' attitudes toward and use of complementary therapies. Complementary therapies have been the core of her care, research, and scholarship for 40 years including co-editing this text, now in its 9th edition.

Mary Fran Tracy, PhD, RN, APRN, CNS, FCNS, FAAN is an Associate Professor, University of Minnesota School of Nursing and an Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota School of Medicine. Dr. Tracy is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and a Fellow of the Clinical Nurse Specialist Institute, as well as a Past President of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. Her research focus is in symptom management for acute and critically ill patients. As a Densford Scholar in the Katharine J. Densford International Center for Nursing Leadership, she conducted a national survey of critical care nurses' attitudes towards and use of complementary and alternative therapies and this survey has been further used by researchers in more than 15 countries.

Mariah Snyder, PhD, is professor emerita, University of Minnesota School of Nursing. Independent nursing interventions and complementary therapies have been the focus of her career. Dr. Snyder studied the effects of complementary therapies in promoting the health and well-being of elders, particularly those with dementia. She was a founding member of the Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality and Healing at the University of Minnesota and instrumental in the establishment of the Center's graduate interdisciplinary minor. In retirement, she continues to incorporate complementary therapies in her volunteer activities with women in recovery programs, elders, and in her personal wellness.

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