*Ch 33 Coping

Question 1

Coping

Answer 1

how an individual deals with problems illness or stress

Question 2

Stress is

Answer 2

a change in an individual state of balance in response to a stressor

Question 3

coping

Answer 3

describes how an individual deals with problems and issue. behavioral and cognitive efforts

Question 4

Adaption

Answer 4

coping behavior that describes how an individual handles demands impose by the enviornment

Question 5

GAS general adaption syndrome “stress syndrome”

Answer 5

three stages

• alarm stage
• Resistance stage
• exhaustion stage

Question 6

alarm stage

Answer 6

• body heightened to respond to stress
• fight or flight
• epinephrine, norepinephrine cortisone are released = high BP HR
• heightened mental alertness

Question 7

Resistance stage

Answer 7

body function normalize while responding to stressor.

• body copes w/ stressor = homeostasis
• = stabilized BP HR hormones

Question 8

Exhaustion stage

Answer 8

body no longer able to maintain response to stressor & patient cannot adapt
-end stage = recovery/death

Question 9

adherence

Question 10

Role conflict

Answer 10

when a person must assume opposing role with incompatible expectation

Question 11

sick role

Answer 11

expectation of others and society regarding how one should behave when sick

Question 12

role ambiguity

Answer 12

uncertainty about what is expected when assuming a role. creates confusion

Question 13

role strain

Answer 13

frustration and anxiety that occurs when a person feels inadequate for a role. (caring for a parent with dementia)

Question 14

role overload

Answer 14

more responsibility and roles than are manageable (student, employee, parent)

Question 15

temporary role change

Answer 15

client resumes the role when illness resolves

Question 16

permanent role change

Answer 16

illness altered level of clients health to a point of no return