A client asks the nurse about a new treatment for Alzheimer disease th

QUESTION

A client asks the nurse about a new treatment for Alzheimer disease that the client found during a search of the Internet. The treatment is based upon alternative medicine strategies. How should the nurse respond to questions about this treatment?

1. Since the treatment was discovered on the Internet, it is probably not valid.
2. Because the treatment is based upon alternative medicine strategies, it is probably not valid.
3. The treatment must be researched and found to be valid before it can be added to the Internet.
4. The treatment may be valid, but further investigation should be done before it is trusted.

ANSWER:

Correct Answer: 4

Just because the treatment was found on the Internet and/or it is based upon alternative medicine strategies, it is not necessarily invalid. The treatment may be based in science, but further investigation should be done into its validity before trusting the treatment modality. There is no requirement that information has to be researched or validated prior to adding it to the Internet.