“There are two ways to live your life, one is as though nothing is a miracle, the other is as though everything is a miracle.” Albert Einstein

BLOG Subject: Complementary Therapies 36% of adults use some form of Complementary therapies (CAM) Complementary Alternative Medicine in their daily lives. Relaxation techniques are the mainstay of CAM. Relaxation techniques include but are not limited to meditation, hypnotherapy, visual imagery, music therapy and deep breathing. Children also are excellent candidates using CAM especially hypnotherapies and visual imagery; children see their world thru vivid imagination and dreams.

PRIMARY RESEARCH SECONDARY Primary research (also call field research) involves what already exits. Questionnaire surveys Interviews: informal or structured Observation: Participant Secondary research (also known as desk research) involves the summary, collation and/or synthesis of existing research. Published texts, reports, and internet.

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ADULTS & PEDIATRICS A d u l t s ’ Create an environment that would allow patients an option to have complementary therapies pre-operatively and postoperatively.

Pediatric Population The pediatric population are excellent subjects for complementary therapies. Children live in a wonderful world of wonderment and imagination.

Pediatrics Article taken from Nurse Week “No More Tears” by Janet Kilgore RN Demonstrated that there was a reduction in children’s postoperative pain and anxiety with the use of medicine and imagery tools such as videos, audiotapes, relaxation, and imagery techniques pre and postoperative. 11/painmgmtprogram.asp 11/painmgmtprogram.asp

Adult Patients Adult patients are increasingly using complementary and alternative medicine. Research shown by well renowned physicians Dr. Dean Ornish, MD Dr. Herbert Benson, MD Both has shown that relaxation training decreases the body’s response to norepenephrine, which is hormone released in reaction to stress.

Why do patients turn to complementary medicine 250 patients from three complementary practices surveyed stated, 1. “ I value the emphasis on treating the whole person.” 2. “ I believe complementary therapy will be more effective for my problem than orthodox medicine.” 3. “ I believe that complementary medicine will enable me to take a more active part in maintaining my health.” Department of Psychology, University College London,UK. BR J Clin Psychol Feb;35 (pt 1):37-48

Nursing and the Patient Combination of traditional medicine and complementary therapies would be a better way to serve our patient population. By focusing on general outcomes of reducing pain and anxiety nurses would not only be empowering themselves but would also be empowering our patients to participate in their own healing process.

Where To Next Research, research and more research Patient feedback thru questionnaires Pilot a program for the surgical patient Start small and grow big… Combination is the

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Relaxation Technique Six-Second Quieting Response Draw a long, deep breath and push your stomach out Hold for two to three seconds Exhale, slowly and completely, with a long breath Let your shoulders and jaw drop as you exhale Feel the relaxation travel from your neck and shoulders down your arms and out your fingertips

RESEARCHING OLIVIA In the beginning there was a little boy named Brian 1/20/1976

CONTINUED: RESEARCHING OLIVIA Then there was a little girl named Laurie 1/15/1976

29 Years Later Wedding day 6/25/2005

OLIVIA 2/23/2007 Birth One Month 3 Months 4 Months

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