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COMP GALEN COLLEGE OF NURSING NEWEST
2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 100
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED
A+||BRAND NEW!!
Define Stress - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ the nonspecific
response of the body to any demand placed on it
The adjustment or response to stress can be: -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ Physical, mental or emotional
Adaptation is defined as - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
restoration of homeostatis to the internal environmental
system
Adaptive behavior is viewed as behavior that -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ maintains the integrity of the
individual with a timely return to equilibrium
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Adaptive behavior is viewed as positive and is
correlated with - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ a healthy
response
Maladaptive behavior - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ disrupts
the integrity of the individual, negative
Stressor - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ a demand placed on
the body to adapt
Stressors causes physical or emotional tension and may
be a factor in what? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ the etiology
of certain illnesses
Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome occurs in ____
stages. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Three
What are the 3 stages of Selye's General Adaptation
Syndrome? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Alarm reaction
stage, stage of resistance, stage of exhaustion
Alarm reaction stage - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ fight or
flight syndrome initiated, sympathetic nervous system,
symptoms include increase in heart rate and respirations
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and may include headache, sweaty palms and sensation
of dizziness
Stage of resistance - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Body's
attempt to react to stressor, symptoms may disappear if
adaptation occurs
Stage of exhaustion - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ 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? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ Alarm Reaction Stage
Fight or Flight Syndrome - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Initial
biological stress response, sustained biological stress
response
A stress event is one that - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ creates
change in the life pattern of the individual, requires
significant adjustment in lifestyle, taxes available
personal resources
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Stress as an environmental event - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
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: -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ predisposes a person to illness or
actually precipitates it
Weakness to the Miller and Rahe tool (a tool used to
measure stress - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ 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.
precipitating event - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ a stimulus
arising from the internal or external environment and
perceived by the individual in a specific manner.
Depends on cognitive appraisal or perception
Primary appraisal may be _________, ________ or
___________. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ irrelevant,
benign-positive, stressful
COMP GALEN COLLEGE OF NURSING NEWEST
2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 100
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED
A+||BRAND NEW!!
Define Stress - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ the nonspecific
response of the body to any demand placed on it
The adjustment or response to stress can be: -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ Physical, mental or emotional
Adaptation is defined as - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
restoration of homeostatis to the internal environmental
system
Adaptive behavior is viewed as behavior that -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ maintains the integrity of the
individual with a timely return to equilibrium
,2|Page
Adaptive behavior is viewed as positive and is
correlated with - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ a healthy
response
Maladaptive behavior - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ disrupts
the integrity of the individual, negative
Stressor - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ a demand placed on
the body to adapt
Stressors causes physical or emotional tension and may
be a factor in what? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ the etiology
of certain illnesses
Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome occurs in ____
stages. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Three
What are the 3 stages of Selye's General Adaptation
Syndrome? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Alarm reaction
stage, stage of resistance, stage of exhaustion
Alarm reaction stage - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ fight or
flight syndrome initiated, sympathetic nervous system,
symptoms include increase in heart rate and respirations
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and may include headache, sweaty palms and sensation
of dizziness
Stage of resistance - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Body's
attempt to react to stressor, symptoms may disappear if
adaptation occurs
Stage of exhaustion - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ 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? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ Alarm Reaction Stage
Fight or Flight Syndrome - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Initial
biological stress response, sustained biological stress
response
A stress event is one that - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ creates
change in the life pattern of the individual, requires
significant adjustment in lifestyle, taxes available
personal resources
, 4|Page
Stress as an environmental event - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
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: -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ predisposes a person to illness or
actually precipitates it
Weakness to the Miller and Rahe tool (a tool used to
measure stress - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ 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.
precipitating event - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ a stimulus
arising from the internal or external environment and
perceived by the individual in a specific manner.
Depends on cognitive appraisal or perception
Primary appraisal may be _________, ________ or
___________. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ irrelevant,
benign-positive, stressful
