Chapter 41 Stress and Adaptation

Question 1

Adaptation

Answer 1

adjustment of living with other living things and environmental conditions

Question 2

Allostasis

Answer 2

the process of achieving stability or homeostasis through physiologic or behavioral change

Question 3

Anxiety

Answer 3

vague sense of impending doom or apprehension precipitated by new and unknown experiences

Question 4

Burnout

Answer 4

behaviors exhibited as the result of prolonged occupational stress

Question 5

Caregiver burden

Answer 5

stress responses experienced during prolonged periods of home care by family caregivers

Question 6

Coping Mechanism

Answer 6

patterns of behavior used to neutralize, deny, or counteract anxiety

Question 7

Crisis

Answer 7

1) Point at which body temperature drops rapidly to normal; 2) occurs when coping and defense mechanisms are no longer effective, resulting in high levels of anxiety, disorganized behavior, and the ability to function normally

Question 8

Crisis Intervention

Answer 8

five-step problem-solving technique to promote adaptation and improve future coping

Question 9

Defense mechanisms

Answer 9

forms of self-deception; unconscious process the self uses to protect itself from anxiety or threats to self esteem

Question 10

Fear

Answer 10

a feeling of dread; a cognitive response to a known threat

Question 11

Fight-or-flight response

Answer 11

the body preparing itself against threat, to either resist (fight) or evade (flight) the danger

Question 12

General adaptation syndrome

Answer 12

biochemical model of stress describing the body’s general response to stress

Question 13

Homeostasis

Answer 13

various physiologic and psychological mechanisms respond to changes in the internal and external environment to maintain a balanced state

Question 14

Inflammatory response

Answer 14

localized response of the body to injury or infection; protective mechanism that eliminates invading pathogens and allows for tissue repair to occur

Question 15

Lateral violence

Answer 15

verbal, emotional, or physically abusive behavior of a registered nurse toward another staff member

Question 16

Local adaption syndrome

Answer 16

localized response of the body to stress, precipitated by trauma or pathology

Question 17

Psychosomatic disorder

Answer 17

physiologic alterations and illness believed to be due to psychological influences

Question 18

Reflex pain response

Answer 18

automatic response of the central nervous system to the stimulus of pain

Question 19

Stress

Answer 19

a condition in which the human system responds to change in its normal balanced state

Question 20

Stressor

Answer 20

anything causing a person to experience stress; change in the balanced state