NURS 400 Exam 3 – Questions With Proper
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Stress the brains response to change or demands, internal
or external
Stressors any psychological or phsycial stimuli or events that
provoke a stress response in an organism
Fight-Or-Flight Response * Increased BP, HR, CO, and more glucose made
available
Alarm Stage initial & brief response, intense, adaptive to the
stressor - GUT reaction (cannot stay in this stage
long)
- adrenalin pumped into the blood stream
(sympathetic NS)
- extra oxygen sent to brain, blood is shunted from
digestive tract
- hypothalamus secretes ACTH & extra cortisol is
produced
- if stressor subsides, parasympathetic systems puts
on the breaks and allows rest and digest
Resistance Stage adaptation stage - sustained and optional resistance
to stressor, body learns to live w it
- use up all valuable resources
- depleted energy
, Exhaustion Stage all attempts to resist stressor fail
- resources depleted
- stress may become chronic
- become physically and mentally ill from
overexposure of stressor
Distress a negative draining energy
* results in: anxiety, depression, confusion,
helplessness, hopelessness, fatigue
Eustress a positive beneficial energy that motives
* feelings of happiness, hopefulness, and purposeful
movement, a positive perception
Anxiety feeling of apprehension, uneasiness, uncertainty, or
dread from a real or PERCEIVED threat
(subjective feeling)
Fear A reaction to a specific danger, perish is aware of a
specific dreaded object or event
Mild Anxiety alertness
- grasp more information, effectively, heighten,
perception, and awareness, sharp focus
- symptoms = slight discomfort, restlessness,
irritability, mild tension relieving behaviors (nail
biting, foot tapping, fidgeting)
Moderate Anxiety selective inattention
- grasps less information, clear thinking hampered
- Only certain things in the environment are seen or
heard only if they are pointed out
- sympathetic nervous system systems = Tension,
pounding heart, increased, respirations, perspiration,
mild somatic symptoms, (GI, headaches, urinary
urgency)
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Terms in this set (57)
Stress the brains response to change or demands, internal
or external
Stressors any psychological or phsycial stimuli or events that
provoke a stress response in an organism
Fight-Or-Flight Response * Increased BP, HR, CO, and more glucose made
available
Alarm Stage initial & brief response, intense, adaptive to the
stressor - GUT reaction (cannot stay in this stage
long)
- adrenalin pumped into the blood stream
(sympathetic NS)
- extra oxygen sent to brain, blood is shunted from
digestive tract
- hypothalamus secretes ACTH & extra cortisol is
produced
- if stressor subsides, parasympathetic systems puts
on the breaks and allows rest and digest
Resistance Stage adaptation stage - sustained and optional resistance
to stressor, body learns to live w it
- use up all valuable resources
- depleted energy
, Exhaustion Stage all attempts to resist stressor fail
- resources depleted
- stress may become chronic
- become physically and mentally ill from
overexposure of stressor
Distress a negative draining energy
* results in: anxiety, depression, confusion,
helplessness, hopelessness, fatigue
Eustress a positive beneficial energy that motives
* feelings of happiness, hopefulness, and purposeful
movement, a positive perception
Anxiety feeling of apprehension, uneasiness, uncertainty, or
dread from a real or PERCEIVED threat
(subjective feeling)
Fear A reaction to a specific danger, perish is aware of a
specific dreaded object or event
Mild Anxiety alertness
- grasp more information, effectively, heighten,
perception, and awareness, sharp focus
- symptoms = slight discomfort, restlessness,
irritability, mild tension relieving behaviors (nail
biting, foot tapping, fidgeting)
Moderate Anxiety selective inattention
- grasps less information, clear thinking hampered
- Only certain things in the environment are seen or
heard only if they are pointed out
- sympathetic nervous system systems = Tension,
pounding heart, increased, respirations, perspiration,
mild somatic symptoms, (GI, headaches, urinary
urgency)
