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NUR 253/ NUR253 Exam 2 – Concepts of Mental Health Nursing Guide| Galen (Latest 2026/ 2027 Update) 100% Verified Questions & Answers | Grade A QUESTION Stress the reaction of the body and mind to everyday challenges and demands QUESTION increased stress Answer: increases mental illness QUESTION predisposed to mental illness Answer: stress early on in life QUESTION fight or flight Answer: a reaction caused by SNS that prepares one to either fight the stressor or take flight and escape. QUESTION general adaptation syndrome (gas) Answer: alarm, resistance, exhaustion QUESTION distress Answer: negative draining energy, harmful to physical health, lowers immune system QUESTION eustress Answer: positive beneficial energy that motivates and results in feelings of happiness QUESTION serotonin Answer: plays an important role in mood, sleep, sexuality, appetite, metabolism QUESTION increased serotonin Answer: =times of high stress QUESTION immune stress response Answer: negatively affects bodies ability to produce protective factors, happens during alarm phase of GAS QUESTION physical stressors Answer: environmental conditions QUESTION physical stressors examples Answer: physical illness, temp, trauma QUESTION psychological stressors Answer: events such as divorce, loss of job, financial issues, even positive change such as marriage, baby QUESTION factors that play a role in stress response Answer: perception ability to cope temperament experiences social support (culture/religion/support groups) QUESTION perception Answer: not always the stressor itself that determines a response, but the perception of the stressor that determines a response of emotional and physchological reactions to it QUESTION individual temperment Answer: all factors combine to form unique personality with specific strengths and vulnerability QUESTION measuring stress Answer: measures level of positive and negative stressful life events over a 1yr period to assess vulnerability to stress related disorders QUESTION assessing coping styles how they have coped in the past anxiety depression pain health sustaining habits life satisfaction effective and healthy responses to stress

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NURl 253/l NUR253l Examl 2l –l Conceptsl
ofl Mentall Healthl Nursingl Guide|l Galenl
(Latestl 2026/l 2027l Update)l 100%l
Verifiedl Questionsl &l Answersl |l Gradel A

Q:l Stress
Answer:
thel reactionl ofl thel bodyl andl mindl tol everydayl challengesl andl demands



Q:l increasedl stress
Answer:
increasesl mentall illness



Q:l predisposedl tol mentall illness
Answer:
stressl earlyl onl inl life



Q:l fightl orl flight
Answer:
al reactionl causedl byl SNSl thatl preparesl onel tol eitherl fightl thel stressorl orl takel flightl
andl escape.



Q:l generall adaptationl syndromel (gas)
Answer:

,alarm,l resistance,l exhaustion



Q:l distress
Answer:
negativel drainingl energy,l harmfull tol physicall health,l lowersl immunel system



Q:l eustress
Answer:
positivel beneficiall energyl thatl motivatesl andl resultsl inl feelingsl ofl happiness



Q:l serotonin
Answer:
playsl anl importantl rolel inl mood,l sleep,l sexuality,l appetite,l metabolism



Q:l increasedl serotonin
Answer:
=timesl ofl highl stress



Q:l immunel stressl response
Answer:
negativelyl affectsl bodiesl abilityl tol producel protectivel factors,l happensl duringl alarml
phasel ofl GAS



Q:l physicall stressors
Answer:

,environmentall conditions



Q:l physicall stressorsl examples
Answer:
physicall illness,l temp,l trauma



Q:l psychologicall stressors
Answer:
eventsl suchl asl divorce,l lossl ofl job,l financiall issues,l evenl positivel changel suchl asl
marriage,l baby



Q:l factorsl thatl playl al rolel inl stressl response
Answer:
perception
abilityl tol cope
temperament
experiences
sociall supportl (culture/religion/supportl groups)



Q:l perception
Answer:
notl alwaysl thel stressorl itselfl thatl determinesl al response,l butl thel perceptionl ofl thel
stressorl thatl determinesl al responsel ofl emotionall andl physchologicall reactionsl tol it



Q:l individuall temperment
Answer:
alll factorsl combinel tol forml uniquel personalityl withl specificl strengthsl andl vulnerability

, Q:l measuringl stress
Answer:
measuresl levell ofl positivel andl negativel stressfull lifel eventsl overl al 1yrl periodl tol assessl
vulnerabilityl tol stressl relatedl disorders



Q:l assessingl copingl styles
Answer:
howl theyl havel copedl inl thel past
anxiety
depression
pain
healthl sustainingl habits
lifel satisfaction
effectivel andl healthyl responsesl tol stress



Q:l relaxationl techniques
Answer:
deepl breathingl exercises
progressivel musclel relaxation
meditation
guidedl imagery
biofeedback
physicall exercise
cognitivel reframing
journaling
humor



Q:l progressivel musclel relaxation
Answer:

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