Delmar's Integrative Herb Guide for Nurses - Softcover

Libster, Martha

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0766827100 ISBN 13: 9780766827103

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 1980

Synopsis

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. 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.

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Synopsis

This guide describes ways herbs can be integrated into a practice along with more conventional biomedical therapies. It provides an introduction to medicinal plants, including a brief overview of botany and safe use guidelines. Twelve chapters profile 58 common herbs. A color insert features illustrations of each plant. Libster is a certified pract

Edition details

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0766827100
• ISBN 13: 9780766827103
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1088