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NUR 220 ( LATEST 2024 / 2025 ) TEST 3 | COMPLETE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (SOLVED) 100% CORRECT
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NUR 220 Test 31. Stress-
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useful and harmful- complex series of reactions both psychological and physical in response to
a demanding or threatening situation
2. Distress-
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events or situations that produce negative or unwanted outcomes and are difficult to control
3. Eustress
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events or situations that create demands on a person that result in positive outcomes
-becoming a new parent
-eustress can still have negative effects
4. Stressor-
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any physical or psychological, social, emotional, spiritual stimulus that disrupts homeostasis
thereby necessitation change or adaptation
5. Homeostasis
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state of balance that requires the individual to change or adapt
6. 3 categories stressors
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-extrinsic factors
stressors over which individuals do not have control (spouse dying)
,-Modifiable factors
individual can modify through change environment, interactions, behavior
-Intrinsic factors
stressors created or exacerbated by individual response to stress (e.g., negative thinking,
procrastination)
7. Consequences of Stress
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Multidimensional effects
Physical
Physiological
Socio-behavioral
Spiritual
8. Consequences of Stress
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Stress can be useful or harmful
Stress increases efficiency and productivity to a point
Point exists where stress has negative impact
9. Physiological effects of stress
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neuroendocrine activation/behavior changes
Fight-or-flight stress response
adaptive, short-term, acute
Increased metabolism, pulse, blood pressure, respiration, muscletension
, 10. maladaptive
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cause/exacerbate disease or symptoms of disease
11. Stress Responses
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Physical responses
Stress hormones increase heart rate, blood pressure, central nervous system (CNS) activity, and
blood flow to the heart and skeletal muscles
12. Psychological effects of stress
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-Contributory role in negative mood states
Anxiety, depression, hostility, anger
-Elevated cortisol levels; immune system response
-Affects health outcomes in key populations (e.g., elderly, terminally ill, caregivers)
13. Sociobehaviroal effects of stress
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-Stress response
individual reliance on less healthy behaviors
Overeating
Excessive use alcohol/drugs
Smoking
Social isolation
-Unhealthy behaviors associated with increased morbidity/mortality
14. Good behaviors for soceiobehavioral effects of stress
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-not smoking
-communication
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