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Individual and Family Homeostasis, Stress, and Adaptation
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Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing 14e (Hinkle 2017)
Individual and Family Homeostasis, Stress, and Adaptation
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Question 1 of 5
What principle of stress and adaptation should be integrated into the nurses plan of care for this patient?
A. Adaptation often fails during stressful events and results in homeostasis.
B. Stress is a part of all lives, and, eventually, this young woman will adapt.
C. Acute anxiety and depression can be adaptations that alleviate stress in some individuals.
D. An accumulation of stressors can disrupt homeostasis and result in disease.
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Question 2 of 5
How should you best understand the concept of coping when attempting to meet this patients needs?
A. Coping is a physiologic measure used to deal with change, and he will physically adapt.
B. Coping is composed of the physiologic and psychological processes that people use to adapt to change.
C. Coping is the human need for faith and hope, both of which create change.
D. Coping is a social strategy that is used to deal with change and loss.
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The nurse recognizes these changes as being attributable to what response?
A. Part of the limbic system response
B. Sympathetic nervous response
C. Hypothalamic-pituitary response
D. Local adaptation syndrome
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To what do you attribute this elevation in blood sugars?
A. It is a temporary result of increased secretion of antidiuretic hormone.
B. She must have had diabetes prior to surgery that was undiagnosed.
C. She has suffered pancreatic trauma during her abdominal surgery.
D. The blood sugars are probably a result of the fight-or-flight reaction.
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What statement should guide the nurses response?
A. She should not worry; it was stress related and her regular blood pressure is good.
B. The first blood pressure was part of a simple stress response; our long-term blood pressure is controlled by negative feedback systems.
C. Blood pressure is only one measure of hypertension; she should review this with the doctor and plan to recheck it on a regular basis.
D. The respiratory infection is the probably the cause of the elevated blood pressure, and, with treatment, her blood pressure should remain normal.
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