Stress
Diagnosis of cancer or marital problems.
What are emotional/psychological stressors?
Developmental, situational, or adventitious.
What are the types of crises?
The two types of coping.
What is positive or negative?
Sitting quietly with deep reflection.
What is meditation?
Interview and body language interpretation.
What is subjective assessment techniques?
Pain, excessive noise, starvation or infection.
What are the physiological stressors?
A major natural or man-made disaster or a crime of violence.
What is an adventitious crisis?
Smoking or alcohol abuse.
What are examples of negative coping mechanisms?
Soothing tunes from radio, tv, or instrument.
What is music relaxation therapy?
Vital signs, gait assessment, quality of speech and eye contact.
What are objective findings of stress assessment?
Hypothalamus, pituitary, adrenal glands.
What organs respond to stressors?
A crisis that occurs as a person moves through the stages of life.
What is a developmental crisis?
Talking with a support group at church about marital problems.
What is an example of a positive coping mechanism?
Deep tissue, neck or warm stones.
What are examples of massage?
The patient will demonstrate positive coping mechanisms.
What is a goal of a nursing care plan?
Alarm reaction, resistance stage, exhaustion state.
What components make up the General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)?
A severe illness or motor vehicle accident.
What is a situational crisis?
Assessing a problem to determine if it is changeable or unchangeable.
Instructed to think of a happy place.
What is guided imagery?
Recommend a time management program, journal writing or assertiveness training.
Alarm system, immune system, sleep disturbance, memory problems, or ulcers.
What is the body's response to stress?
Flashbacks, nightmares or anxiety.
What is Post-traumatic stress disorder?
The ability to change or adapt coping strategies over time and across various stressful conditions.
What is coping flexibility?
Nasal inhalation and mouth exhalation.
What are deep breathing exercises?
Powerlessness, Fear, Risk for Post-trauma syndrome.
What are examples of nursing diagnosis?