Physiological Homeostasis
A localized response of a specific body part in response to stress
What is local adaptation syndrome
The reaction when a person perceives a stressor
What is the alarm reaction?
The increase alertness that facilitates problem solving
What is mild anxiety?
The client refuses to acknowledge the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer
What is denial?
What is deep breathing?
The response to pain that serves as a protective mechanism to prevent injury
What is reflex pain response?
The SNS is initiates this response in the alarm reaction phase
What is fight or flight?
The client has increased RR and states " I have butterflies in my stomach"
What is moderate anxiety?
The client is angry and throws their cane at the nurse
What is displacement?
The nurse instructs the client to focus on a pleasant scene 20-30 mins twice a day
What is meditation?
The local response to injury or injection
What is inflammatory response?
The body's attempt to adapt to the stressor
What is stage of resistance?
The extreme fear of a danger that is not real
What is severe anxiety?
The client cannot remember their sibling drowning
What is dissociation?
The nurse educates the client what to expect after their knee replacement
What is anticipatory guidance?
The symptoms that develop in the inflammatory response
The adaptive mechanisms can no longer provide defense
What is stage of exhaustion?
The manifestations of severe anxiety (list 3)
What is difficulty communicating verbally, increased motor activity, fearful facial expression, headache, nausea, dizziness, tachycardia, and hyperventilation?
The client experiencing paranoia blames others for disliking him
What is projection?
The nurse sits and speaks in a soothing voice about a happy experience the client has encountered
What is guided imagery?
The body's general response to stress
What is General Adaptation Syndrome?
The cardiovascular changes that occur in the alarm reaction stage
What is increased HR, BP, and peripheral vasoconstriction?
The feelings of impending doom
What is panic?
The client who is unable to bear children begins working in a preschool
What is sublimation?
The ability to regulate body response such as heart rate
What is biofeedback?