NURS 2003 Midterm UPDATED ACTUAL
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2026
• seyle -✓✓ a non-specific response of the body to any demand made on it, stress
as a response
• folkman and lazarus -✓✓ stress occurs when individuals perceive that they
cannot adequately cope with the demands being made on them, stress as a
transaction
• stress as a stimulus -✓✓ social readjustment rating scale, stress is a stimulus that
causes a response and frequent changes in life make people more at risk of
developing stress and illness (chronic diseases)
• stress as a transaction -✓✓ stressor, primary appraisal takes place, categorized as
irrelevant, stressful, benign positive, if stressful further categorized as threat,
harm/loss or challenging, secondary appraisal takes place, coping skills are
developed
• hardiness -✓✓ they way that a person deal with stress (control, commitment) and
ability to endure difficult conditions
• sense of coherence -✓✓ how a person see's the world and one's life in it, is not
impacted by external features
• resilience -✓✓ being resourceful, flexible, using problem solving strategies, able
to access resources to help deal with stress
, • attitude -✓✓ how we look at situations
• stress as a response -✓✓ physical response to stress id the general adaptation
syndrome (GAS), composed of alarm reaction phase, stage of resistance, stage of
exhaustion
• alarm reaction phase -✓✓ catecholamines are released which results in increase
sympathetic nervous system activity
• stage of resistance -✓✓ person uses a variety of physiological resources to help
them cope with the stress they are experiencing, physical energy is being used,
when adaptation does not take place they move into next stage of GAS
• stage of exhaustion -✓✓ all physical resources have been depleted, may see an
improvement in physiological symptoms prior to death
• emotion focused coping -✓✓ getting the emotions out (walking, talking)
• problem focused coping -✓✓ attempting to find solutions to problems, having
more research about the situation will allow for better coping
• inflammation -✓✓ a series of reactions that occur when cells are injured, does not
mean there is an infection (ex: burns, trauma, allergens, etc.)
• infection -✓✓ when pathogens invade tissues or cells in the body causing more of
a systemic response, inflammation will be associated with it
Question and Answer | 100% Verified |
2026
• seyle -✓✓ a non-specific response of the body to any demand made on it, stress
as a response
• folkman and lazarus -✓✓ stress occurs when individuals perceive that they
cannot adequately cope with the demands being made on them, stress as a
transaction
• stress as a stimulus -✓✓ social readjustment rating scale, stress is a stimulus that
causes a response and frequent changes in life make people more at risk of
developing stress and illness (chronic diseases)
• stress as a transaction -✓✓ stressor, primary appraisal takes place, categorized as
irrelevant, stressful, benign positive, if stressful further categorized as threat,
harm/loss or challenging, secondary appraisal takes place, coping skills are
developed
• hardiness -✓✓ they way that a person deal with stress (control, commitment) and
ability to endure difficult conditions
• sense of coherence -✓✓ how a person see's the world and one's life in it, is not
impacted by external features
• resilience -✓✓ being resourceful, flexible, using problem solving strategies, able
to access resources to help deal with stress
, • attitude -✓✓ how we look at situations
• stress as a response -✓✓ physical response to stress id the general adaptation
syndrome (GAS), composed of alarm reaction phase, stage of resistance, stage of
exhaustion
• alarm reaction phase -✓✓ catecholamines are released which results in increase
sympathetic nervous system activity
• stage of resistance -✓✓ person uses a variety of physiological resources to help
them cope with the stress they are experiencing, physical energy is being used,
when adaptation does not take place they move into next stage of GAS
• stage of exhaustion -✓✓ all physical resources have been depleted, may see an
improvement in physiological symptoms prior to death
• emotion focused coping -✓✓ getting the emotions out (walking, talking)
• problem focused coping -✓✓ attempting to find solutions to problems, having
more research about the situation will allow for better coping
• inflammation -✓✓ a series of reactions that occur when cells are injured, does not
mean there is an infection (ex: burns, trauma, allergens, etc.)
• infection -✓✓ when pathogens invade tissues or cells in the body causing more of
a systemic response, inflammation will be associated with it
