Grief
This type of grief occurs before an expected loss and can sometimes lead to premature detachment from a dying loved one.
What is anticipatory grief?
This physiological response, characterized by increased heart rate, pupil dilation, and bronchiole dilation, is triggered by the sympathetic nervous system during stress.
What is the fight-or-flight response?
This theory suggests that pain perception is influenced by the interplay between pain-producing fibers and inhibitory fibers.
What is the Gate-Control Theory?
This term describes the way a person thinks about themselves, including their overarching perception of who they are.
What is self-concept?
This medication class is commonly used to prevent blood clots but increases the risk of bleeding.
What are anticoagulant medications?
This grief model includes denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance, though not necessarily in a linear order.
What is Kübler-Ross’s Five Stages of Grief?
This term refers to stress that is positive and can motivate individuals to achieve goals.
What is eustress?
This term describes pain that starts at the origin but spreads to other areas, such as the pain from heartburn extending to the chest.
What is Radiating Pain?
This ethical principle involves doing good for others and acting in their best interest.
What is beneficence?
This scale is used to assess a person's level of consciousness following a brain injury.
What is the Glasgow Coma Scale?
This type of grief is associated with a loss that society does not recognize or validate, such as the loss of a secret relationship.
What is disenfranchised grief?
These three hormones, collectively known as catecholamines, are released by the sympathetic nervous system during the stress response.
What are epinephrine, norepinephrine, and dopamine?
This type of pain arises in an area distant from the site of origin, such as pain from a heart attack being felt in the left arm.
What is Referred Pain?
Lack of movement over these specific areas, like the sacrum, heels, and elbows, makes pressure injuries more likely.
What are bony prominences?
Erikson's developmental stage focused on infants learning whether their caregivers provide reliable care and affection.
What is Trust vs. Mistrust?
This type of grief, also known as complicated grief, lasts more than six months and significantly affects daily functioning.
What is prolonged grief disorder?
This stage of the General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) is the initial response where the "fight-or-flight" reaction is triggered.
What is the alarm stage?
Pain caused by the stimulation of nociceptors in response to potentially damaging thermal, mechanical, or chemical stimuli is classified as this type of pain.
What is Nociceptive Pain?
This type of testing is used to identify predispositions to inherited diseases.
What is genetic testing?
This condition involves a ringing or buzzing sensation in the ears, often without an external source.
What is tinnitus?
The grieving process, as explained in this model, involves oscillating between confronting the loss and focusing on restoring life.
What is the Dual Process Model of Grief?
This is the final stage of the General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) that occurs when adaptive mechanisms fail, leading to potential health decline.
What is the exhaustion stage?
This classification of pain is both chronic and resistant to treatment, often requiring a multimodal approach to relief.
What is Intractable Pain?
The three phases of this syndrome are alarm, resistance, and exhaustion.
What is Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)?
A condition marked by the collapse of part or all of a lung, leading to reduced oxygen exchange.
What is atelectasis?