Nursing Fundamental 105 Ch 5

Three stages and consequences of general adaptation syndrome

Alarm Stage- immediate onset stress m, storage vesicles within sympathetic nervous system neurons releasing norepinephrine, prepare fight or flight Stage of Resistance-restoring to normal Exhaustion-one or more adaptive or resistive mechanisms can no kinder protect the person

Identify two beliefs about the body and mind based on the concept of holism

1. Both the body and mind directly influence humans 2. The relationship between the body and mind can potentially sustain health as well as cause illness

Three levels of prevention that apply to reducing or managing stress-related disorders

Primary, Secondary and Tertiary

Explain Psychological adaptation and two possible outcomes

Psychological adaptation is the functional, cognitive and behavioral traits that benefits an organism in its environment. Two possible outcomes are 1. The body's physical respondent is always the same and 2. Follows a 1,2,3 stage pattern : alarm stage, stage of resistance and stage of exhaustion.

Explain Homeostasis and list categories stressors that affect it

Homeostasis is staying the same and some stressors affecters are physiologic, psychological, soical and spiritual.

Nursing activities helpful to the care of clients prone to stress and approaches of preventing, reducing or eliminating a stress response

Modeling, progressive relaxation, yoga, meditation, and prayer place bo effect. Approaches, reducing and eliminating to stress response are alternative thinking, behavior and lifestyle techniques

The structures through which adaptive responses take place

Neurotransmitters, Central Nervous System, Autonomic Nervous System and Endocrine

Differentiate between sympathetic and parasympathetic adaptive responses

Sympathetic prepares the body for fight or flight and parasympathetic restores equilibrium after danger is gone

The purpose of adaptation and two possible outcomes of unsuccessful adaptation

The purpose of adaptation is to regulate homeostasis and a possible outcome is stress

Define stress and lost factors that affect the stress response

Stress is the physiologic and behavioral response led to disequilibrium and factors that affect stress responses are intensity of stressors, number of stressors, duration of the stressors, physical health status, life experiences, coping strategies, social support.