The stages in the development of general adaption syndrome includes (select all that apply) A. alarm B. resistance C. termination D. exhaustion E. adaptation A. alarm
glucocorticoids are highest during the stage of A. exhaustion B. alarm C. resistance C. resistance
corticotropin releasing hormone...
NUR 252 Exam 1 Questions and Correct
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The physiologic response to a students final exam would be considered
________________________?
A. reactive
B. a conditioned behavior
C. anticipatory
D. caused by a physical stressor ✅A. reactive
The stages in the development of general adaption syndrome includes (select all that
apply)
A. alarm
B. resistance
C. termination
D. exhaustion
E. adaptation ✅A. alarm
B. resistance
D. exhaustion
E. adaptation
glucocorticoids are highest during the stage of
A. exhaustion
B. alarm
C. resistance ✅C. resistance
corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH) is released by the
A. adrenal medulla
B. adrenal cortex
C. anterior pituitary
D. hypothalamus ✅D. hypothalamus
When experiencing stress, the effects of the epinephrine circulating in body will result in:
A. bradycardia
B. decreased heart contractility
C. increased skeletal muscle blood supply
D. hyperglycemia ✅D. hyperglycemia
when the release of cortisol is a result of ACTH activation, it is true that
A. plasma is bound to corticotropin
B. gluconeogenesis is halted
C. cortisol increased blood glucose
D. cortisol decreases protein synthesis ✅C. cortisol increased blood glucose
, cortisol has the following affect on the human body?
A. affects protein catabolism
B. decreases blood sugar
C. increases immune response
D. increases allergic reactions ✅A. affects protein catabolism
Coping has the following affect on the human body:
A. slows natural killer cell activity
B. best involves solving the stress circumstance by oneself
C. effectively leads to immune dysfunction
D. manages stressful demands exceeding an individual's resources ✅D. manages
stressful demands exceeding an individual's resources
a patient asks the nurse where nociceptors can be found. how should the nurse
respond? one location in which nociceptors can be found is the:
A. skin
B. spinal cord
C. efferent pathways
D. hypothalamus ✅A. skin
A patient scrapes both knees while playing soccer and reports sharp and well-localized
pain. Which of the following should the nurse document to most accurately characterize
the pain?
A. chronic pain
B. acute - referred pain
C. acute - somatic pain
D. acute - visceral pain ✅C. acute - somatic pain
Heat loss from the body via convection occurs by
A. evaporation of electromagnetic waves
B. transfer of heat through currents of liquids or gas
C. dilation of blood vessels bringing blood to the skin surfaces
D. direct heat loss from molecule-to-molecule transfer ✅B. transfer of heat through
currents of liquids or gas
which finding indicates the patient is having complications from heat stroke?
A. mild elevation of core body temperature
B. cerebral edema and degeneration of the CNS
C. spasmodic cramping in the abdomen and extremities
D. alterations in calcium uptake ✅B. cerebral edema and degeneration of the CNS
which condition would be treated with therapeutic hypothermia?
A. malnutrition
B. hypothyroidism
C. reimplantation surgery
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