Exam 2: Concepts of Health, Illness, Stress, and Health Promotion

When the brain perceives a situation as threatening, the sympathetic nervous system reacts by stimulating which of the following physiological functions? (Select all that apply.)

A patient has been advised by the primary care provider to take medication for high cholesterol and to change eating habits after discharge home. The home health nurse discovered that the patient refused to follow the medical and nutritional directions. The nurse's best initial response to this situation is to:

The nurse assesses a terminal illness in:

The nurse is aware that a stressor as experienced by an individual is usually perceived:

The responses during the alarm stage of the general adaptation syndrome as defined by Hans Selye include: (Select all that apply.)

Homeostasis can be described as:

Which defines the holistic approach to caring for the sick and promoting wellness? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse explains that an idiopathic disease is one that:

Adequate _____________ is necessary in the communication between nurse and patient in order to meet the higher basic needs of security, love, belonging, and self-esteem.

Included in Maslow's hierarchy, physiological needs are those that:

The nurse clarifies to a patient who now has an abscess following a ruptured appendix that the abscess is considered to be:

The nurse instructs a patient that according to Selye's GAS theory, when stress is strong enough and occurs over a long enough period, the patient will enter the stage of:

A patient states, "I am not obese. My entire family is large." The nurse assesses that the patient is using the defense mechanism of:

The nurse believes that patient teaching of how to give insulin and monitor blood glucose levels will improve the level of the patient's:

In 1946, the World Health Organization redefined health as the:

Sickle cell anemia is an example of a biological trait found primarily in:

When a new admission to an extended care facility wanders about listlessly, eats only a small amount of each meal, and keeps himself isolated, the nurse can intervene by:

The nurse explains defense mechanisms as a patient's attempt to:

A nurse clarifies that methods of tertiary prevention are designed for:

According to Hans Selye's general adaptation syndrome (GAS), a person who has experienced excessive and prolonged stress is likely to: