Galen College of Nursing Mental Health Exam 1 || All Correct.

Adaptive behavior is viewed as positive and is correlated with correct answers a healthy response Maladaptive behavior correct answers disrupts the integrity of the individual, negative Stressor correct answers a demand placed on the body to adapt Stressors causes physical or emotional tension and may be a factor in what? correct answers the etiology of certain illnesses What are the 3 stages of Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome? correct answers Alarm reaction stage, stage of resistance, stage of exhaustion Alarm reaction stage correct answers fight or flight syndrome initiated, sympathetic nervous system, symptoms include increase in heart rate and respirations and may include headache, sweaty palms and sensation of dizziness Stage of resistance correct answers Body's attempt to react to stressor, symptoms may disappear if adaptation occurs Stage of exhaustion correct answers symptoms do not disappear, body is exhausted, headaches, ulcer, CAD and without intervention = death A 25 year old male barely avoids a motor vehicle accident. His heart is poinding, his palms are sweaty, and his respirations are increased. This is an example of what state of the General Adaptation Syndrome? correct answers Alarm Reaction Stage Fight or Flight Syndrome correct answers Initial biological stress response, sustained biological stress response A stress event is one that correct answers creates change in the life pattern of the individual, requires significant adjustment in lifestyle, taxes available personal resources Stress as an environmental event correct answers CHANGE from the existing steady state of the individual's life pattern, the thing or event that trigger the physiological and psychological responses Stress overload is a casual link to illness it either: correct answers predisposes a person to illness or actually precipitates it Weakness to the Miller and Rahe tool (a tool used to measure stress correct answers it does not consider the individual's personal perception of the event and his or her coping strategies and available support systems at the time of the life change.