Complementary and Alternative Practices

Course overview

Due to consumers heightened interest in complementary treatments and their widening use, anecdotal efficacy, and growing supportive research evidence, nursing and medical schools across the country now offer courses in complementary interventions and practices. Healthcare professionals can expect questions from their patients about these complementary therapies, therefore they need to be informed and comfortable enough to discuss these unique approaches. The goal of this course is to inform nurses, occupational therapists, and respiratory therapists in the acute care setting about the current practices of the most utilized complementary and integrative healthcare modalities.