ADULT 1 Exam 2 UTMB Questions
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Scientific knowledge base - ✔✔-Fight or Flight response
-Neurophysiological response
What are the neurophysiological responses? - ✔✔-Medulla oblongata
-Reticular formation
-Pituitary glad
What is the General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)? - ✔✔It is an immediate physiological
response of the whole body to stress; involves several body systems, especially the
autonomic nervous and endocrine systems, and includes immunological changes
What are the 3 stage reactions to stress - ✔✔-Alarm reaction
-Resistance stage
-Exhaustion stage
What is the alarm reaction? - ✔✔The initial stage
What is the resistance stage? - ✔✔Trying to normalize
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,What is the exhaustion stage - ✔✔Stay at high level of anxiety
What are the parts to psychological stress? - ✔✔-Primary appraisal
-Secondary appraisal
-Coping
-Ego defense mechanisms
What is the primary appraisal? - ✔✔Evaluating an event for its personal meaning
What is the secondary appraisal? - ✔✔Focuses on possible coping strategies
What is coping? - ✔✔The persons effort to manage psychological stress
What is ego defense mechanisms? - ✔✔They regulate emotional distress and give a
person protection from anxiety and stress
What are some personal characteristics that influence response to a stressor? - ✔✔-Level
of personal control
-Presence of a social support system
-Feelings of competence
What are the 3 types of stress? - ✔✔-Chronic
-Acute
-PTSD
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,What is chronic stress? - ✔✔Chronic stress occurs in stable conditions and results from
stressful roles
What is acute stress? - ✔✔Time limited events that threaten a person for a relatively
brief period provoke acute stress- right now, someone almost hit you
What is PTSD? - ✔✔-An acute stress disorder that begins when a person experiences,
witnesses, or is confronted with a traumatic event.
-May include flashbacks = recurrent and intrusive recollections of the event
What are the 3 types of crises? - ✔✔-Developmental
-Situational
-Adventitious
what is a developmental crisis? - ✔✔Developmental crises occur as a person moves
through the stages of life- anorexic young person trying to move on- marriage, birth,
divorce, retirement, laid off
What is a situational crisis? - ✔✔External sources such as a job change, motor vehicle
crash, death or severe illness provoke situational crises.
What is adventitious crises? - ✔✔A major natural or manmade disaster or a crime of
violence can create an adventitious crisis-IKE, shootings
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, What is Neuman systems model? - ✔✔-Based on the concepts of stress and reaction to
stress
-Nurses develop interventions to prevent or reduce stress on patients or to help them
cope- Slowing addition of information to the pile so you don't overload them.
What are the three parts to Neuman systems model? - ✔✔-Primary prevention
-Secondary Prevention
-Tertiary Prevention
What is Primary prevention? - ✔✔Promotes patient wellness by stress prevention and
reduction of risk factors - prevent illness, prevent situations that cause stress.
What is secondary prevention? - ✔✔Occurs after symptoms appear- how to handle once
the disease is diagnosed
What is tertiary prevention? - ✔✔Beings when the patient's system becomes more stable
and recovers- looking for place in rehab
What factors influence stress and coping? - ✔✔-Situational factors
-Maturational factors
-Sociocultural factors
What are situational factors? - ✔✔Arise from job changes, illness, caregiver stress
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Scientific knowledge base - ✔✔-Fight or Flight response
-Neurophysiological response
What are the neurophysiological responses? - ✔✔-Medulla oblongata
-Reticular formation
-Pituitary glad
What is the General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)? - ✔✔It is an immediate physiological
response of the whole body to stress; involves several body systems, especially the
autonomic nervous and endocrine systems, and includes immunological changes
What are the 3 stage reactions to stress - ✔✔-Alarm reaction
-Resistance stage
-Exhaustion stage
What is the alarm reaction? - ✔✔The initial stage
What is the resistance stage? - ✔✔Trying to normalize
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,What is the exhaustion stage - ✔✔Stay at high level of anxiety
What are the parts to psychological stress? - ✔✔-Primary appraisal
-Secondary appraisal
-Coping
-Ego defense mechanisms
What is the primary appraisal? - ✔✔Evaluating an event for its personal meaning
What is the secondary appraisal? - ✔✔Focuses on possible coping strategies
What is coping? - ✔✔The persons effort to manage psychological stress
What is ego defense mechanisms? - ✔✔They regulate emotional distress and give a
person protection from anxiety and stress
What are some personal characteristics that influence response to a stressor? - ✔✔-Level
of personal control
-Presence of a social support system
-Feelings of competence
What are the 3 types of stress? - ✔✔-Chronic
-Acute
-PTSD
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,What is chronic stress? - ✔✔Chronic stress occurs in stable conditions and results from
stressful roles
What is acute stress? - ✔✔Time limited events that threaten a person for a relatively
brief period provoke acute stress- right now, someone almost hit you
What is PTSD? - ✔✔-An acute stress disorder that begins when a person experiences,
witnesses, or is confronted with a traumatic event.
-May include flashbacks = recurrent and intrusive recollections of the event
What are the 3 types of crises? - ✔✔-Developmental
-Situational
-Adventitious
what is a developmental crisis? - ✔✔Developmental crises occur as a person moves
through the stages of life- anorexic young person trying to move on- marriage, birth,
divorce, retirement, laid off
What is a situational crisis? - ✔✔External sources such as a job change, motor vehicle
crash, death or severe illness provoke situational crises.
What is adventitious crises? - ✔✔A major natural or manmade disaster or a crime of
violence can create an adventitious crisis-IKE, shootings
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, What is Neuman systems model? - ✔✔-Based on the concepts of stress and reaction to
stress
-Nurses develop interventions to prevent or reduce stress on patients or to help them
cope- Slowing addition of information to the pile so you don't overload them.
What are the three parts to Neuman systems model? - ✔✔-Primary prevention
-Secondary Prevention
-Tertiary Prevention
What is Primary prevention? - ✔✔Promotes patient wellness by stress prevention and
reduction of risk factors - prevent illness, prevent situations that cause stress.
What is secondary prevention? - ✔✔Occurs after symptoms appear- how to handle once
the disease is diagnosed
What is tertiary prevention? - ✔✔Beings when the patient's system becomes more stable
and recovers- looking for place in rehab
What factors influence stress and coping? - ✔✔-Situational factors
-Maturational factors
-Sociocultural factors
What are situational factors? - ✔✔Arise from job changes, illness, caregiver stress
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