Nursing Therapeutics (NURS 2003) Exam
Questions With Correct Answers
What is a phenomena? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-ones lived experience
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What is Seyle's definition of stress? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a non-specific
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response of the body to any demand made on it
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stress as a stimulus uses the.... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-social readjustment scale
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stress as a response uses the.... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-General Adaptation
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Syndrome
What is the social readjustment scale? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-has different
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types of situations and asks the patient to rate the amount of stress that would
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be evoked in that situation.
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stress leads to _____________ ______________ due to wear and tear in frequent
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stressful situations. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-chronic diseases
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what are hassles? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-inconveniences that occur every day
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what are up lifts? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-things that bring joy
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,what does stress as a transaction suggest? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-that a
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stimulus in the environment creates a stressor
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what are the 3 ways of primary appraisal in stress as a transaction? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-(1) irrelevant |
(2) stressful
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(3) benign positive
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in stress as a transaction, what are the three different ways you can interpret
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stress? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-(1) threat
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(2) harm or loss
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(3) challenge
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what is the secondary appraisal in stress as a transaction? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-finding ways to cope with the stress (can be positive or negative) | | | | | | | | | | |
what is hardiness? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the way a person deals with stress
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(internal locus of control)
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what is sense of coherence? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-how a person sees the
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worlds and one's life in it
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what is resilience? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-being resourceful, flexible, and using
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problem- solving strategies (seeing things in different ways)
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,what are the three stages of the general adaptation syndrome? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-(1) alarm reaction (fight or flight) | | | | |
(2) stage of resistance
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(3) stage of exhaustion
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the sympathetico adrenal medullary pathways is a stage of what stage in the
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GAS? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-alarm reaction stage
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With increased SNS activity during the alarm reaction stage, what happens in the
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heart? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- increased heart rate and increased stroke
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volume |
- ultimately leads to increased cardiac output
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With increased SNS activity during the alarm reaction stage, what happens in the
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blood vessels? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--peripheral vasoconstriction
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- leads to increased systolic BP and redistribution of blood to vital organs
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With increased SNS activity during the alarm reaction stage, what happens in the
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lungs? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- increased respiration rate and shallow breathing
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With increased SNS activity during the alarm reaction stage, what happens in the
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adrenal medulla? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- increased catecholamines
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(epinephrine and norepinephrine) | |
- leads to prolonged SNS response
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, With increased SNS activity during the alarm reaction stage, what happens in the
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liver? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- glycogenolysis
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- leading to increased blood glucose
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With increased SNS activity during the alarm reaction stage, what happens in the
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GI system? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- decreased secretions and decreased
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peristalsis |
- leads to decreased digestion
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the physiological responses to stress have bi- directional neurochemical links
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between what three systems? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-nervous system,
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endocrine system, and immune system | | | |
what happens during the stage of resistance in the GAS? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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person uses variety of physiological resources to help them cope with the stress
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they are experiencing (can be positive or negative)
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what happens during the stage of exhaustion in the GAS? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-all physical resources have been expended (person becomes | | | | | | | |
physically exhausted) |
- this is why improvement in systems prior to death
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what is the role of the reticular activating system (RAS) in the stress response? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-makes you feel awake | | | |
What is allostasis? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-process of achieving homeostasis in
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the presence of a challenge
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Questions With Correct Answers
What is a phenomena? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-ones lived experience
| | | | | | | |
What is Seyle's definition of stress? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a non-specific
| | | | | | | | | |
response of the body to any demand made on it
| | | | | | | | |
stress as a stimulus uses the.... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-social readjustment scale
| | | | | | | | | |
stress as a response uses the.... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-General Adaptation
| | | | | | | | | |
Syndrome
What is the social readjustment scale? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-has different
| | | | | | | | | |
types of situations and asks the patient to rate the amount of stress that would
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
be evoked in that situation.
| | | |
stress leads to _____________ ______________ due to wear and tear in frequent
| | | | | | | | | | |
stressful situations. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-chronic diseases
| | | | | |
what are hassles? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-inconveniences that occur every day
| | | | | | | | |
what are up lifts? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-things that bring joy
| | | | | | | | |
,what does stress as a transaction suggest? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-that a
| | | | | | | | | | |
stimulus in the environment creates a stressor
| | | | | |
what are the 3 ways of primary appraisal in stress as a transaction? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-(1) irrelevant |
(2) stressful
|
(3) benign positive
| |
in stress as a transaction, what are the three different ways you can interpret
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
stress? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-(1) threat
| | | |
(2) harm or loss
| | |
(3) challenge
|
what is the secondary appraisal in stress as a transaction? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-finding ways to cope with the stress (can be positive or negative) | | | | | | | | | | |
what is hardiness? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the way a person deals with stress
| | | | | | | | | | | |
(internal locus of control)
| | |
what is sense of coherence? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-how a person sees the
| | | | | | | | | | | |
worlds and one's life in it
| | | | |
what is resilience? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-being resourceful, flexible, and using
| | | | | | | | | |
problem- solving strategies (seeing things in different ways)
| | | | | | |
,what are the three stages of the general adaptation syndrome? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-(1) alarm reaction (fight or flight) | | | | |
(2) stage of resistance
| | |
(3) stage of exhaustion
| | |
the sympathetico adrenal medullary pathways is a stage of what stage in the
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
GAS? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-alarm reaction stage
| | | | |
With increased SNS activity during the alarm reaction stage, what happens in the
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
heart? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- increased heart rate and increased stroke
| | | | | | | | | |
volume |
- ultimately leads to increased cardiac output
| | | | | |
With increased SNS activity during the alarm reaction stage, what happens in the
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
blood vessels? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--peripheral vasoconstriction
| | | | |
- leads to increased systolic BP and redistribution of blood to vital organs
| | | | | | | | | | | |
With increased SNS activity during the alarm reaction stage, what happens in the
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
lungs? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- increased respiration rate and shallow breathing
| | | | | | | | |
With increased SNS activity during the alarm reaction stage, what happens in the
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
adrenal medulla? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- increased catecholamines
| | | | | | |
(epinephrine and norepinephrine) | |
- leads to prolonged SNS response
| | | | |
, With increased SNS activity during the alarm reaction stage, what happens in the
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
liver? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- glycogenolysis
| | | |
- leading to increased blood glucose
| | | | |
With increased SNS activity during the alarm reaction stage, what happens in the
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
GI system? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- decreased secretions and decreased
| | | | | | | | |
peristalsis |
- leads to decreased digestion
| | | |
the physiological responses to stress have bi- directional neurochemical links
| | | | | | | | | |
between what three systems? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-nervous system,
| | | | | | | |
endocrine system, and immune system | | | |
what happens during the stage of resistance in the GAS? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | | | | |
person uses variety of physiological resources to help them cope with the stress
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
they are experiencing (can be positive or negative)
| | | | | | |
what happens during the stage of exhaustion in the GAS? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-all physical resources have been expended (person becomes | | | | | | | |
physically exhausted) |
- this is why improvement in systems prior to death
| | | | | | | | |
what is the role of the reticular activating system (RAS) in the stress response? -
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-makes you feel awake | | | |
What is allostasis? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-process of achieving homeostasis in
| | | | | | | | | |
the presence of a challenge
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