NUR 253 Exam 2 Questions with Verified
Correct Answers
GAS Three stages
Alarm or acute stress stage (flight or fight)( interaction between nervous and immune system)
Resistance or adaptation stage (usually stressors are successfully overcome)
Exhaustion stage (resources are depleted, stress may become chronic)
NI for managing Stress
Measuring stress:
- Social Readjustment Rating Scale (Holmes and Rahe)
•Measures level of positive and negative stressful life events over a 1-year period
Recent Life Changes Questionnaire
Four personal attributes people use to manage stress:
- Health-sustaining habits (medical compliance, proper diet, relaxation, etc.)
- Life satisfactions (work, family, hobbies, etc.)
- Social supports
- Effective and healthy responses to stress
Biofeedback:
- Use of sensitive instrumentation gives exact information regarding muscle activity, brain
waves, skin temperature, HR, BP, and other bodily functions
Deep breathing exercises:
- Should be slow, deep, and even
,Guided imagery:
- Focusing on pleasant images to replace negative or stressful feelings
Relaxation Techniques
Progressive relaxation:
- Focusing on eliminating muscle contraction causes by anxious feelings which produce tense
muscles
Meditation/mindfulness:
- Training of the mind to develop greater calm and use that calm to bring penetrative insight
into one's experience
Physical exercise:
- Walking, yoga, cycling, aerobics, water exercise, dancing etc.
Cognitive reframing:
- Changing ones perception of stress by reassessing the situation and replacing irrational
beliefs
Journaling
Humor
Levels of Anxiety
Mild anxiety
- Everyday problem-solving leverage
- Grasps more information effectively
, Moderate anxiety
- Selective inattention
- Clear thinking hampered
- Problem solving not optimal
- Sympathetic nervous system symptoms begin
Severe anxiety
- Perceptual field greatly reduced
- Difficulty concentrating on environment
- Confused and automatic behavior
- Somatic symptoms increase
Panic
- Most extreme level of anxiety
- Markedly disturbed behavior—running, shouting, screaming, pacing
- Unable to process reality; impulsivity
generalized anxiety disorder
- Excessive worry that lasts for months
- Common worries are inadequacy in interpersonal relationships, job responsibilities,
finances, and health of family members
obsessive-compulsive disorder
Obsessions
- Thoughts, impulses, or images that persist and recur, so that they cannot be dismissed from
the mind
Correct Answers
GAS Three stages
Alarm or acute stress stage (flight or fight)( interaction between nervous and immune system)
Resistance or adaptation stage (usually stressors are successfully overcome)
Exhaustion stage (resources are depleted, stress may become chronic)
NI for managing Stress
Measuring stress:
- Social Readjustment Rating Scale (Holmes and Rahe)
•Measures level of positive and negative stressful life events over a 1-year period
Recent Life Changes Questionnaire
Four personal attributes people use to manage stress:
- Health-sustaining habits (medical compliance, proper diet, relaxation, etc.)
- Life satisfactions (work, family, hobbies, etc.)
- Social supports
- Effective and healthy responses to stress
Biofeedback:
- Use of sensitive instrumentation gives exact information regarding muscle activity, brain
waves, skin temperature, HR, BP, and other bodily functions
Deep breathing exercises:
- Should be slow, deep, and even
,Guided imagery:
- Focusing on pleasant images to replace negative or stressful feelings
Relaxation Techniques
Progressive relaxation:
- Focusing on eliminating muscle contraction causes by anxious feelings which produce tense
muscles
Meditation/mindfulness:
- Training of the mind to develop greater calm and use that calm to bring penetrative insight
into one's experience
Physical exercise:
- Walking, yoga, cycling, aerobics, water exercise, dancing etc.
Cognitive reframing:
- Changing ones perception of stress by reassessing the situation and replacing irrational
beliefs
Journaling
Humor
Levels of Anxiety
Mild anxiety
- Everyday problem-solving leverage
- Grasps more information effectively
, Moderate anxiety
- Selective inattention
- Clear thinking hampered
- Problem solving not optimal
- Sympathetic nervous system symptoms begin
Severe anxiety
- Perceptual field greatly reduced
- Difficulty concentrating on environment
- Confused and automatic behavior
- Somatic symptoms increase
Panic
- Most extreme level of anxiety
- Markedly disturbed behavior—running, shouting, screaming, pacing
- Unable to process reality; impulsivity
generalized anxiety disorder
- Excessive worry that lasts for months
- Common worries are inadequacy in interpersonal relationships, job responsibilities,
finances, and health of family members
obsessive-compulsive disorder
Obsessions
- Thoughts, impulses, or images that persist and recur, so that they cannot be dismissed from
the mind
