STRESS NSG 1400 EXAM 4 2026/2027 | NURSING STUDY GUIDE, PRACTICE
QUESTIONS, ANSWERS & EXAM REVIEW
what is stress - ✔✔internal or external demand of life experienced by the individual. Stress may refer to
the physiologic response pattern itself.
Stressor - ✔✔An event causing stress
What is affected about a person when they are stressed - ✔✔- physically
- emotionally
- intellectually
- spiritually
- socially
Populations most at risk for stress - ✔✔- *those with low income*
- *young adults (especially those with kids)*
- *women*
- those with impaired cognition (inability to appraise and process situations)
- socioeconomic stress (poor, homeless)
What is GAS - ✔✔General Adaption Syndrome
- used to assess someones reaction and coping to stress
Alarm phase - ✔✔First step of stress response, fight or flight, Increased ATP to cells
- increased heart rate, oxygen saturation, heart rate, stroke volume, cardiac output
- Increased blood pressure which increases the amount of blood to muscles
- *DECREASED BLOOD FLOW TO THE GI, DECREASING PERISTALSIS, INCREASING CHANCE FOR
CONSTIPATION*
- dilated pupils, sleep disturbances,
- increased startle response, decreased attention span
Resistance phase - ✔✔Body adapts and copes to maintain homeostasis
- vitals signs level out
*stress is usually resolved between alarm and resistance*
Exhaustion phase - ✔✔Adaptation cannot be maintained
- stressor demands exceeds available resources
- stress can spread throughout the body
- patient needs help such as nutritional support, therapy, or medications other wise the patient can die
- stress related diseases begin here
Nursing diagnosis - ✔✔- ineffective coping related to lack of coping...
- anxiety related to change in health status
- *caregiver role strain*
- stress overload
QUESTIONS, ANSWERS & EXAM REVIEW
what is stress - ✔✔internal or external demand of life experienced by the individual. Stress may refer to
the physiologic response pattern itself.
Stressor - ✔✔An event causing stress
What is affected about a person when they are stressed - ✔✔- physically
- emotionally
- intellectually
- spiritually
- socially
Populations most at risk for stress - ✔✔- *those with low income*
- *young adults (especially those with kids)*
- *women*
- those with impaired cognition (inability to appraise and process situations)
- socioeconomic stress (poor, homeless)
What is GAS - ✔✔General Adaption Syndrome
- used to assess someones reaction and coping to stress
Alarm phase - ✔✔First step of stress response, fight or flight, Increased ATP to cells
- increased heart rate, oxygen saturation, heart rate, stroke volume, cardiac output
- Increased blood pressure which increases the amount of blood to muscles
- *DECREASED BLOOD FLOW TO THE GI, DECREASING PERISTALSIS, INCREASING CHANCE FOR
CONSTIPATION*
- dilated pupils, sleep disturbances,
- increased startle response, decreased attention span
Resistance phase - ✔✔Body adapts and copes to maintain homeostasis
- vitals signs level out
*stress is usually resolved between alarm and resistance*
Exhaustion phase - ✔✔Adaptation cannot be maintained
- stressor demands exceeds available resources
- stress can spread throughout the body
- patient needs help such as nutritional support, therapy, or medications other wise the patient can die
- stress related diseases begin here
Nursing diagnosis - ✔✔- ineffective coping related to lack of coping...
- anxiety related to change in health status
- *caregiver role strain*
- stress overload
