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Test Bank For Fundamentals of Nursing: Active Learning for
Collaborative Practice 2nd Edition By Barbara L Yoost; Lynne R
Crawford 9780323508643 Chapter 1-42 Complete Guide .
Allostasis - ANSWER: Means by which equilibrium is reestablished

Anger - ANSWER: Emotion involving antagonism toward another

Anxiety - ANSWER: Response to stress that causes apprehension or uncertainty

Burnout - ANSWER: Mental exhaustion due to constant stress

Coping - ANSWER: Dynamic cognitive and behavioral efforts to manage demands

Stressor - ANSWER: Event or stimulus that disrupts a persons sense of equilibrium

Stress appraisal - ANSWER: Person interprets a stressor as either a threat or
challenge

Homeostasis - ANSWER: Body's regulation of systems to maintain steady state

Fight or flight - ANSWER: Activation of ANS; excitement or threat

General Adaptation Syndrome - ANSWER: Adaptive response to stress

Fight or flight - ANSWER: Physiological responses: HR, BP, RR, pupil dilation,
decreased gastric motility

Distress - ANSWER: Stress beyond the ability to cope or adapt effectively

Eustress - ANSWER: Motivational stress

Three stages of GAS - ANSWER: 1. Alarm reaction
2. Resistance
3. Exhaustion

What part of the three stages of the GAS are stressful events mostly associated
with?- ANSWER: Alarm reaction and resistance

Alarm reaction - ANSWER: Threat to homeostasis

Resistance - ANSWER: Body tries to adapt to stressor by stabilizing, and repair
damage and restore resources.

, Exhaustion - ANSWER: Stress unrelieved, body unable to adapt; death may occur at
cellular or systemic level

Local Adaptation Syndrome - ANSWER: Manifests as immune response. Reflexive
response to pain and hypoxia, secondary to catecholamine release

Allostatic response - ANSWER: Fight or flight

Sense of Coherence - ANSWER: One's perception of the world as comprehensible,
manageable, and meaningful

Comprehensible - ANSWER: Demands of the internal and external environments are
understandable and predictable

Managable - ANSWER: Person recognizes resources that are available to meet
environmental demands

Meaningful - ANSWER: Person's interpretation of the demands worthy of
engagement

What are people with strong sense of coherence likely to do? - ANSWER:
Recognize and utilize resources in a stressful situation

What manifestations of low sense of coherence are typical? - ANSWER:
Overwhelmed with difficulty coping

Defense mechanisms - ANSWER: Unconscious protective coping methods that
people may apply in response to a perceived threat

Long term defense mechanism - ANSWER: Can prevent healthy growth and
development

Short term defense mechanism - ANSWER: May be used to prevent harm to a person
in distress

Compensation - ANSWER: Focusing on one strengths

Denial - ANSWER: Avoiding emotional stress by refusing to acknowledge anything
that causes intolerable anxiety

Displacement - ANSWER: Redirecting negative emotions to a safer focus

Intellectualization - ANSWER: Overthinking a challenging situation to avoid dealing
with the emotions

Projection - ANSWER: Attributing ones own motives, values, responses, personality
traits to another person

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