Contemporary and Alternative Medicine (Essay Sample)

Complementary and Alternative Medicine
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Response to Presentation 1
As a nurse, Danielle and Brianna's presentation helped me understand that acupuncture is safe and effective in promoting quality care among patients with chronic illnesses. Initially, health practitioners relied on standard medicine to administer patients' treatment. However, the presentations enlightened my perspective on quality care by informing me that acupuncture can contribute to positive care outcomes. I can adopt acupuncture to treat non-cancer and chronic pain among adults since it considers the patient's input. According to Burstein et al. (2019), patient participation in the treatment process is crucial in achieving a quality outcome. Apart from stroke, acupuncture also relates to patients with stress, chronic pain, and asthma, among other chronic conditions. Acupuncture establishes a sense of ease by targeting illness origin to restore normal body functioning (Zhu, Arsovska & Kozovska, 2018). Hence, its application in chronic conditions such as stress and asthma leads to positive health outcomes. 
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Burstein, H. J., Curigliano, G., Loibl, S., Dubsky, P., Gnant, M., Poortmans, P. ... & Thurlimann, B. (2019). Estimating the benefits of therapy for early-stage breast cancer: the St. Gallen International Consensus Guidelines for the primary therapy of early breast cancer 2019. Annals of Oncology, 30(10), 1541-1557.
Zhu, J., Arsovska, B., & Kozovska, K. (2018). Acupuncture treatment for fertility. Open access Macedonian journal of medical sciences, 6(9), 1685.
Response to Presentation 2
Amy Elizabeth and Renee Romero provide interesting facts about the significance of tai chi in complementary therapy. From the presentation, I learned that tai chi is an important therapy when caring for patients with posture imbalance and stress. The presentation posits that tai chi provides physical benefits to patients by improving their posture and balance. Similarly, administering the therapy to patients also helps in reducing stress and improving their moods (Guo, 2020). I can adopt the concept of tai chi when attending to elderly patients with high blood pressure related to stress. Notably, high blood pressure can be traumatizing to elderly pa