HGTC NUR 101 EXAM SCRIPT WITH
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
●● TRUE/FALSE PERCEPTION IS PERCEIVED BY THE PT AND
CAN BE REAL OR IMAGINED
Answer: TRUE
●● WHY CAN STRESS BE A GOOD THING
Answer: IT CAN MOTIVATE OR INSPIRE
●● PHYSIOLOGIC STRESSORS
Answer: pain, excessive noise, starvation, infection
●● PSYCHOLOGIC STRESSORS
Answer: DIAGNOSIS OF CANCER, MARITAL PROBLEM,FAILING
AND EXAM, MONEY
●● WHAT ARE THE THREE TYPES OF STRESSORS
Answer: ACUTE- SHORT AND SUDDEN
EPISODIC- REOCCURING EX. OVERLOAD
CHRONIC- LONG TERM
,●● HYPOTHALAMIC-PITUITARY RESPONCE
Answer: -Longest acting phase of the physiologic response
-Occurs in persistent stress
-Cortisol-induced metabolic effects provide the body with a ready source
of energy during stress
●● TRUE/FALSE A PERSON WITH DIABETES MAY REQUIRE
MORE INSULIN
Answer: TRUE
●● stress response will increase...
Answer: -Cardiac output (heart rate/stroke volume)
-Blood glucose levels
-Oxygen consumption
-Metabolic rate
●● fight or flight response
Answer: an emotional and physiological reaction to stress (acute stress
ex. fear or acute pain)
●● Hoe does the immune system respond to stress
Answer: -Immunosuppression
-Caused by Acute and Chronic
, -Stress affects immune function
-Increases risk for progression of immune-related diseases
●● How dose stress effect the mind, body, spirit
Answer: Can cause illness
●● maladaptive response to stress
Answer: Inappropriate coping
●● nursing management for stress
Answer: •Early identification of stressors
•Consider patient/caregivers response to stressors
●● stress assessment
Answer: •Vital signs
•Emotional distress
•Problems in movement/sensation
•Problems with affect, behavior, speech, cognitive ability, orientation, or
memory
•Obvious impairments or lesions
•Diagnostic studies (labs, CT scan, MRI)
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
●● TRUE/FALSE PERCEPTION IS PERCEIVED BY THE PT AND
CAN BE REAL OR IMAGINED
Answer: TRUE
●● WHY CAN STRESS BE A GOOD THING
Answer: IT CAN MOTIVATE OR INSPIRE
●● PHYSIOLOGIC STRESSORS
Answer: pain, excessive noise, starvation, infection
●● PSYCHOLOGIC STRESSORS
Answer: DIAGNOSIS OF CANCER, MARITAL PROBLEM,FAILING
AND EXAM, MONEY
●● WHAT ARE THE THREE TYPES OF STRESSORS
Answer: ACUTE- SHORT AND SUDDEN
EPISODIC- REOCCURING EX. OVERLOAD
CHRONIC- LONG TERM
,●● HYPOTHALAMIC-PITUITARY RESPONCE
Answer: -Longest acting phase of the physiologic response
-Occurs in persistent stress
-Cortisol-induced metabolic effects provide the body with a ready source
of energy during stress
●● TRUE/FALSE A PERSON WITH DIABETES MAY REQUIRE
MORE INSULIN
Answer: TRUE
●● stress response will increase...
Answer: -Cardiac output (heart rate/stroke volume)
-Blood glucose levels
-Oxygen consumption
-Metabolic rate
●● fight or flight response
Answer: an emotional and physiological reaction to stress (acute stress
ex. fear or acute pain)
●● Hoe does the immune system respond to stress
Answer: -Immunosuppression
-Caused by Acute and Chronic
, -Stress affects immune function
-Increases risk for progression of immune-related diseases
●● How dose stress effect the mind, body, spirit
Answer: Can cause illness
●● maladaptive response to stress
Answer: Inappropriate coping
●● nursing management for stress
Answer: •Early identification of stressors
•Consider patient/caregivers response to stressors
●● stress assessment
Answer: •Vital signs
•Emotional distress
•Problems in movement/sensation
•Problems with affect, behavior, speech, cognitive ability, orientation, or
memory
•Obvious impairments or lesions
•Diagnostic studies (labs, CT scan, MRI)
