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1. Differentiate between conventional and natural management of common illnesses.
2. Determine the risk/benefit ratio between conventional and natural approaches to illnesses.
3. Analyze chronic disease management using nutrition, nutritional supplementation, botanical medicine, physical medicine and energetic medicine.
4. Evaluate the appropriateness of using natural therapies in chronic disease.
5. Determine the clinical efficacy of vitamins/minerals in the management of chronic disease.
6. Analyze patients' use of vitamins and herbs for common side effects and medication interactions.
7. Choose reputable educational resources to further your knowledge of natural therapies.

Emerging Trends in Healthcare: Natural and Alternative Medicine

• Making the case for natural medicine: When it's effective; when it's not
• Explore different alternative modalities
• Water therapy and energetic therapies
• Vitamins as cofactors for biochemical pathways
• Why minerals are important to therapeutic protocols 

Explore Evidence-Based Natural Management of Common Illnesses

• Diabetes: Optimal diets and supplements for reducing HgBA1c
• Arthritis: Management of chronic pain through physical medicine, water therapy, nutrition, herbs and vitamins
• Hypertension and Congestive Heart Failure: Explore nutritional protocols, exercises and herbal supplementation to be considered in the treatment plan
• Hypothyroidism?: How nutrition, lifestyle factors, vitamin and herbal interventions can optimize thyroid hormone function
• Insomnia: Improve sleep duration and quality through vitamin/herbal supplementation
  • Herbal/vitamin side effects with commonly used sedatives
• Cancer: Supplements to avoid when a patient is on chemotherapy and interventions to minimize side effects of chemotherapy
• Asthma: Nutritional and herbal interventions to minimize asthma exacerbations
• Common Colds/Influenza?: Analyze herbal supplements that minimize symptoms, boost immune system and reduce duration of colds
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome?: Explore optimal diets, herbs and vitamins to manage IBS
• Depression/Anxiety?: How to manage mood through nutrition and herbal interventions
• Hypercholesteremia?: Nutritional protocols and supplements to minimize LDL/VLDL and maximize HDL.
  • Which supplements interact with commonly-prescribed medications.
• Surgical Management?: Which herbs/vitamins to avoid pre/post-surgery and interventions to optimize surgical healing

Furthering Your Education on Natural Medicine

• Supplementation: Why quality matters
• Continuing education: Best educational resources to learn more about natural medicine
• Incorporating natural therapies into your own life
• Understanding scope of practice and safely practicing using natural therapies

Vanessa Ruiz, ND, RN-BSN, is a naturopathic physician and registered nurse. After experiencing health issues stemming from a burnout as a nurse, she began studying integrative ways to help herself heal. Her interest integrative health led her to becoming a naturopathic physician with a focus on mental health, trauma and complex PTSD. She earned her Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine at Southwest College in Tempe, Arizona.

She has been featured in "A Created Life: A Journey to Empowerment" documentary and "Shoutout Arizona" for her ground-breaking work in mental health. She is a public speaker on the topic of functional medicine and mental health, teaching behavioral health professionals nationally and internationally. In addition to her clinical practice, she is the founder of Nurses for Natural Health, an organization dedicated to empowering and educating Nurses about natural health and burnout recovery. Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Vanessa Ruiz maintains a private practice and has employment relationships with AZ Trauma Institute and Essential Therapy Training. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. Dr. Ruiz serves on the advisory board for Evergreen Certifications. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Vanessa Ruiz has no relevant non-financial relationships.

Save time and $10 off the price of other submission methods – purchase & take the CE test online for $9.99 USD per participant. Additional processing fees apply for other submission methods (i.e. mail, fax, etc.). Please contact our Customer Service at 1-800-844-8260 for more details.

Listed below are the continuing education credit(s) currently available for this non-interactive self-study package. Please note, your state licensing board dictates whether self study is an acceptable form of continuing education. Please refer to your state rules and regulations.

Certificates of Successful Completion are available for email, download and/or printing from your online account immediately following the successful completion of the post-test/evaluation.

**Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of mental health professionals. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners. For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.

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Nurses/Nurse Practitioners/Clinical Nurse Specialists - Credit Expired: 3/28/2022
No CE available for this board.

California Nurses: PESI, Inc. is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #:17118 for 6.0 self-study contact hours.

You will need to provide your license number to PESI. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.

Florida Nurses: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Florida Board of Nursing. Provider #: FBN2858. These materials qualify for 6.0 self-study contact hours.

Iowa Nurses: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Iowa Board of Nursing. Provider #: 346. Nurses successfully completing these self-study materials will earn 6.3 self-study contact hours.

Copies of the evaluation may be sent to the IBON. You will need to provide your license number to PESI. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.

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Other Professions
This self-study activity qualifies for 6.25 clock hours of instructional content as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Retain your certificate of completion and contact your board or organization for specific filing requirements.

Disclaimer: **Information obtained in this course should be used within your scope of practice.
**It is your ethical responsibility to report accurate hours to your licensing board.
**All self-study participants must complete and pass (80% or better) a post-test and evaluation prior to receiving a certificate of completion. If you require a copy of the test/evaluation for CE purposes, please print at the time you take the test. Or you may call our customer service department and a copy of your test/evaluation will be emailed to you. Please allow 30-45 days.

• Nurses
• Nurse Practitioners
• Clinical Nurse Specialists
• Dietitians Nutritionists
• Chiropractors
• Diabetes Educators