Stress 1
When the body is unable to maintain homeostasis, what are several factors that cause the imbalance?
Stress, alcohol, starvation, overeating, malnutrition, loss of sleep, lack of oxygen, excessive exercise, ambient temperatures, inadequate fluid ingestion and more
What stage of stress can you not cope with?
Exhaustion phase
Physical effects on stress?
Low energy, headache, upset stomach, pains, increase HR, dry mouth, insomnia, more
What are 3 problem focused coping strategies?
Problem solving, time management, and obtaining instrumental social support
What are the long term strategies?
Identify the cause of stress, recognize change, reduce intensity of reaction, re-examine attitudes and obligations, stop adne example priorities, organize self, develop emotional support, let it all out.
What is the resistance phase?
Body prepares for long term protection; must include of relaxation and rest
What are the stress-psychological stress adaptation?
Mind body interaction, anxiety, and coping mechanism
A nurse feels vulnerable after a child dies following a lengthy resuscitation effort. A positive coping stage strategy for the nurse is to:
take a sedative when getting home
accept it as part of life
review the resuscitation until mistakes are found to explain the child’s death
meet with others who participated in the resuscitation to grieve together
meet with others who participated in the resuscitation to grieve together
What do women tend to do?
Use more emotion
A nurse is providing instruction to a client dealing with stress. Which indicates an accurate understanding of teaching for a short term storage for dealing with stress?
Identify source
Eating a healthy diet
Develop emotional support use them
Reduce interesting of reaction
Listen to music
Identify source
Eating a healthy diet
Listen to music
What may happen is the resistance phase?
Fatigue, Concentration Lapses, Irritability And Lethargy Result As Stress Turns Negative
What are some examples of psychological homeostasis?
To feel loved, a sense of belonging, to feel safe & secure, to have self-esteem
What does oxytocin boost help with?
Balance Out Stress Hormones (bring your back to homeostasis)
What are some examples of unhealthy coping skills?
Lack of sleep, under eating, sleeping away the problem, fighting and negative comeback, passive aggressive behavior and more
Maladaptive Behavior doesn’t help with what?
Reaching personal goals
What happens in the chronic stress situation, when sufferers enter the exhaustion phase? Burnout
Burnout
If your needs aren’t being fulfilled then how are you going to feel?
Insecure, meaninglessness, powerless, and isolation
How does spirituality affect our stress?
We Love, Find Peace, Patience, Kindness Towards Others, Goodness, Loyalty, Faithfulness, Gentleness, Self-control
Coping strategies are thought of as?
Long term vs short term and adaptive vs maladaptive
What is common is crisis behavior?
You black out any information
How does somebody feel in the exhaustion phase?
Emotional, physical and mental suffer, illness, collapse
A client admits to using drugs and alcohol to reduce stress? What is the most important for the nurse to know about these coping behaviors?
Increase risk of illness
What is the goal of coping problem focused?
Changing or eliminating sources of stress
What are the short term strategies?
Identify source, be active, eat a healthy diet, listen to music
What happens in the coping style?
The coping style in no longer effective