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This descriptive study employed a mailed survey with 115 randomly selected South Dakota nurse practitioners to examine their past/current use and recommendations of complementary/integrative medicine, as well as their knowledge level of complementary/integrative medicine.<br> Results showed that 80.9%(N=55) of the responders have personally used complementary/integrative medicine for themselves. Eighty-three percent of the survey responders did make complementary/integrative medicine recommendations to their patients, with the most recommended therapies being massage therapy, chiropractic and nutritional therapy. The level of knowledge as \"know a lot\" was 38.2 %, 30.9 %, and 26.5% for these three therapies respectively. Overall, the survey responders reported the usefulness of complementary/integrative medicine in primary care as \"very useful\" (N= 24) and \"somewhat useful\" (N=41) and \"not useful at all\" (N= 3).</p>","abstract_html":"&lt;p&gt;With the increase and widespread the use of complementary/integrative medicine, there has been limited research on nurse practitioners&#x27; knowledge and use of complementary/integrative medicine. This descriptive study employed a mailed survey with 115 randomly selected South Dakota nurse practitioners to examine their past/current use and recommendations of complementary/integrative medicine, as well as their knowledge level of complementary/integrative medicine.&lt;br&gt; Results showed that 80.9%(N=55) of the responders have personally used complementary/integrative medicine for themselves. Eighty-three percent of the survey responders did make complementary/integrative medicine recommendations to their patients, with the most recommended therapies being massage therapy, chiropractic and nutritional therapy. The level of knowledge as &quot;know a lot&quot; was 38.2 %, 30.9 %, and 26.5% for these three therapies respectively. 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