NUR 354 Exam 1 Questions and
Answers
influences on current nursing practice - Answer-expanding knowledge and technology,
changing populations, national patient safety goals, health care reform
acute illness - Answer-abrupt onset, short duration, has a cure
acute illness goal - Answer-restore health
chronic illness - Answer-gradual onset, > 6 months, no cure
chronic illness goal - Answer-maintain or attain high level wellness
healyh - Answer-physical, mental, and social well being
wellness - Answer-optimal state of health
disease - Answer-alteration in normal physiology
GAS - Answer-general adaptation syndrome
GAS stage 1 - Answer-alarm
GAS stage 2 - Answer-resistance
GAS stage 3 - Answer-exhaustion
alarm - Answer-fight or flight, low resistance
resistance - Answer-SNS returns to normal, high resistance
exhaustion - Answer-all energy expended, requires outside assistance for survival
coping with stress: emotion focused - Answer-strategies to decrease the emotional
response to stressor
coping with stress: problem focused - Answer-seek and find solutions to deal with stress
nociceptive pain - Answer-physical
nociceptive pain causes - Answer-somatic and visceral tissue damage
nociceptive pain is responsive to - Answer-opioids and nonopioids
Answers
influences on current nursing practice - Answer-expanding knowledge and technology,
changing populations, national patient safety goals, health care reform
acute illness - Answer-abrupt onset, short duration, has a cure
acute illness goal - Answer-restore health
chronic illness - Answer-gradual onset, > 6 months, no cure
chronic illness goal - Answer-maintain or attain high level wellness
healyh - Answer-physical, mental, and social well being
wellness - Answer-optimal state of health
disease - Answer-alteration in normal physiology
GAS - Answer-general adaptation syndrome
GAS stage 1 - Answer-alarm
GAS stage 2 - Answer-resistance
GAS stage 3 - Answer-exhaustion
alarm - Answer-fight or flight, low resistance
resistance - Answer-SNS returns to normal, high resistance
exhaustion - Answer-all energy expended, requires outside assistance for survival
coping with stress: emotion focused - Answer-strategies to decrease the emotional
response to stressor
coping with stress: problem focused - Answer-seek and find solutions to deal with stress
nociceptive pain - Answer-physical
nociceptive pain causes - Answer-somatic and visceral tissue damage
nociceptive pain is responsive to - Answer-opioids and nonopioids
