Delmar's Integrative Herb Guide for Nurses

Author: Martha Libster
Edition: 1
Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0766827100

Delmar's Integrative Herb Guide for Nurses

Delmar's Integrative Herb Guide for Nurses is the first book to present the ways nurses can successfully integrate herbs into a caring practice alongside more conventional biomedical therapies. Medical books Delmar's Integrative Herb Guide for Nurses. Herbs were once a major source of the remedies used in healing. The development of synthetic drugs during the twentieth century largely replaced the use of herbal therapies in nursing practice. This trend is beginning to change again, however, as nurses now encounter patients turned health care consumers who actively seek alternatives to biomedicine, such as herbal therapies. Today's nurse is also becoming more aware of a larger demographic group of patients who continue to use generations-old, plant-based remedies Medical books Delmar's Integrative Herb Guide for Nurses. Categories: Nursing, Herbs->Therapeutic use. Contributors: Martha Libster - Author. Format: Paperback

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Categories: Nursing, Herbs->Therapeutic use. Contributors: Martha Libster - Author. Format: Paperback

author martha libster format paperback language english publication year 22 11 2001 subject mind body spirit subject 2 alternative therapies health title delmar s integrative herb guide for nurses author martha libster publisher delmar pub publication date nov 01 2001 pages 960 binding paperback edition 1 st dimensions 6 00 wx 9 00 hx 1 50 d isbn 0766827100 subject medical holistic medicine description this guide describes ways herbs can be integrated into a practice along with more convention

Medical Book Delmar's Integrative Herb Guide for Nurses

Herbs were once a major source of the remedies used in healing. The development of synthetic drugs during the twentieth century largely replaced the use of herbal therapies in nursing practice. This trend is beginning to change again, however, as nurses now encounter patients turned health care consumers who actively seek alternatives to biomedicine, such as herbal therapies. Today's nurse is also becoming more aware of a larger demographic group of patients who continue to use generations-old, plant-based remedies. The guide begins with an introduction to medicinal plants and includes a brief overview of botany, safe use information, and suggestions on how to use the guide in practice. The main body of the guide includes twelve chapters profiling fifty-eight common herbs. Each chapter contains practical information on how to integrate plant-based therapies into patient care. The guide concludes by showing nurses ways they can learn more about the use of plant therapies in holistic practice and includes a sample curriculum for a thirty-two week introductory course on the integrative use of plant therapies.