NFDN 2007 FINAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is the concept of transaction stress - Answers- the relationship between the
person and the environment that is appraised as exceeding the person's resources and
endangering his or her well-being
What is the physiologic response to stress - Answers- fight or flight
- begins in CNS
- sympathetic response
- immune system function negatively affected
What are some psychological stress-related symptoms - Answers- depression, anxiety,
pain, sleep problems, autoimmune diseases, heart disease, weight problems,
reproductive issues etc
What is social support - Answers- resources provided to us by others
Which of the following is a physiologic outcome to stress
A. Emotions
B. Intense emotions—disturbance in intellectual functioning
C. Feeling challenged or threatened
D. Sympathetic response - Answers- D
What is coping - Answers- an individual's constantly changing cognitive and
behavioural efforts to manage specific external or internal demands that are appraised
as taxing or exceeding the individual's resources
What is problem-focused coping? - Answers- attempting to alleviate stress directly by
changing the stressor or the way we interact with that stressor
changes the relationship between the environment and person
What is emotion-focused coping? - Answers- attempting to alleviate stress by avoiding
or ignoring a stressor and attending to emotional needs related to our stress reaction
changing person-environment relationship
What is inner directed coping - Answers- reminding or telling self that what they are
presently doing to relieve the stress is beneficial for them
What is outer directed coping - Answers- when someone does something about what is
stressing them
, ex. dog barking go to neighbor and ask them to please quiet the dog
What is a crisis - Answers- acute and time limited stressful experience for which coping
mechanisms fail
ex. bereavement, grief or mourning
What is a situational crisis - Answers- any event that overwhelms and individual's
coping resources and upsets his or her equilibrium
What is a developmental crisis - Answers- assumes that psychosocial development
progresses in an orderly, easily identifiable process
What are some interventions for a crisis - Answers- - early intervention!!
- encourage self reliance!!
- stabilization
- facilitate understanding
- focus on problem solving
Which of the following would be considered a crisis, and not a disaster, in terms of
mental health
A. Terrorist attack
B. Tsunami
C. Pregnancy
D. Tornado - Answers- C
What is anger - Answers- acting in ways that warn, intimidate, or attack those who are
perceived as challenging or threatening
affect state and part of fight/flight response
What is aggression - Answers- verbal statements that are intended to threaten
What is violence - Answers- a physical act of force intended to cause harm to a person
or an object
conveys a message that the perpetrator's point of view is correct, not the victim's
What is dysfunctional anger - Answers- the expression of anger has negative outcomes
for the person
What is self awareness - Answers- the ability to recognize their feelings and manage
their anger
ex. parents divorce, the child must learn that it is not their fault
What is the concept of transaction stress - Answers- the relationship between the
person and the environment that is appraised as exceeding the person's resources and
endangering his or her well-being
What is the physiologic response to stress - Answers- fight or flight
- begins in CNS
- sympathetic response
- immune system function negatively affected
What are some psychological stress-related symptoms - Answers- depression, anxiety,
pain, sleep problems, autoimmune diseases, heart disease, weight problems,
reproductive issues etc
What is social support - Answers- resources provided to us by others
Which of the following is a physiologic outcome to stress
A. Emotions
B. Intense emotions—disturbance in intellectual functioning
C. Feeling challenged or threatened
D. Sympathetic response - Answers- D
What is coping - Answers- an individual's constantly changing cognitive and
behavioural efforts to manage specific external or internal demands that are appraised
as taxing or exceeding the individual's resources
What is problem-focused coping? - Answers- attempting to alleviate stress directly by
changing the stressor or the way we interact with that stressor
changes the relationship between the environment and person
What is emotion-focused coping? - Answers- attempting to alleviate stress by avoiding
or ignoring a stressor and attending to emotional needs related to our stress reaction
changing person-environment relationship
What is inner directed coping - Answers- reminding or telling self that what they are
presently doing to relieve the stress is beneficial for them
What is outer directed coping - Answers- when someone does something about what is
stressing them
, ex. dog barking go to neighbor and ask them to please quiet the dog
What is a crisis - Answers- acute and time limited stressful experience for which coping
mechanisms fail
ex. bereavement, grief or mourning
What is a situational crisis - Answers- any event that overwhelms and individual's
coping resources and upsets his or her equilibrium
What is a developmental crisis - Answers- assumes that psychosocial development
progresses in an orderly, easily identifiable process
What are some interventions for a crisis - Answers- - early intervention!!
- encourage self reliance!!
- stabilization
- facilitate understanding
- focus on problem solving
Which of the following would be considered a crisis, and not a disaster, in terms of
mental health
A. Terrorist attack
B. Tsunami
C. Pregnancy
D. Tornado - Answers- C
What is anger - Answers- acting in ways that warn, intimidate, or attack those who are
perceived as challenging or threatening
affect state and part of fight/flight response
What is aggression - Answers- verbal statements that are intended to threaten
What is violence - Answers- a physical act of force intended to cause harm to a person
or an object
conveys a message that the perpetrator's point of view is correct, not the victim's
What is dysfunctional anger - Answers- the expression of anger has negative outcomes
for the person
What is self awareness - Answers- the ability to recognize their feelings and manage
their anger
ex. parents divorce, the child must learn that it is not their fault
