NU 136 UNIT 1 STUDY GUIDE AND
ALL ACTUAL ANSWERS 2025-2026
UPDATED.
acute illness - Answer A sudden illness from which a person is expected to recover
chronic illness - Answer an on-going illness, slow or gradual in onset; it has no known cure; it
can be controlled and complications prevented with proper treatment
General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) - Answer Seyle's concept that the body responds to
stress with alarm, resistance and exhaustion
Repression (defense mechanism) - Answer YOU FORGET THE NAME OF SOMEONE FOR
WHOM YOU HAVE INTENSE NEGATIVE FEELING TOWARDS.
Denial (defense mechanism) - Answer - Refusing to acknowledge the existence of a real
situation or the feelings associated with it.
EX: A women drinks alcohol every day and cannot stop, failing to acknowledge that she has a
problem.
projection (defense mechanism) - Answer - Attributing feelings or impulses unacceptable to
ones self to another person.
EX: Sue feels a strong sexual attraction to her track coach and tells her friend, "Hes coming on to
me!"
reaction formation (defense mechanism) - Answer - Preventing unacceptable thoughts or
behaviors from being expressed by exaggerating opposite thoughts or types of behaviors.
EX: Jane hates nursing. She attended nursing school to please her parents. During career day,
she speaks to prospective students about the excellence of nursing as a career.
Regression (defense mechanism) - Answer - Responding to stress by retreating to an earlier
level of development and the comfort measures associated with that level of functioning.
EX: When 2 year old Jay is hospitalized for tonsillitis he will drink only from a bottle, although his
mother states he has been drinking from a cup for over 6 months.
, Rationalization (defense mechanism) - Answer - Attempting to make excuses or formulate
logical reasons to justifying unacceptable feelings or behaviors.
EX: John tells the rehab nurse, "I drink because its the only way I can deal with my bad marriage
and awful job."
IDENTIFICATION (DEFENSE MECHANISM) - Answer MODELING BEHAVIOR AFTER SOMEONE
ELSE
A 6 YEAR OLD GIRL DRESSES UP IN HER MOMS DRESS
displacement (defense mechanism) - Answer - The transfer of feelings from one target to
another that is considered less threatening or that is neutral.
EX: A client is angry at his doctor, does not express it, but becomes verbally abusive with the
nurse.
sublimation (defense mechanism) - Answer - Rechanneling of drives or impulses that are
personally or socially unacceptable into activities that are constructive.
EX: Mom of son killed by drunk driver, president of MADD.
TRANSITION STAGE OF ILLNESS - Answer DENY FEELING ILL BUT RECOGNIZE THAT
SYMPTOMS OF AN ILLNESS ARE PRESENT.
Acceptance stage - Answer Acknowledge illness and take measures to become well
CONVALESCENCE STAGE OF ILLNESS - Answer PROCESS OF RECOVERING AFTER THE ILLNESS
AND REGAINING HEALTH
alarm stage of GAS - Answer fight or flight response
Stage of Resistance (GAS) - Answer The activity of the nervous and endocrine systems in
returning the body to homeostasis
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - Answer (level 1) Physiological Needs, (level 2) Safety and
Security, (level 3) Relationships, Love and Affection, (level 4) Self Esteem, (level 5) Self
Actualization
ALL ACTUAL ANSWERS 2025-2026
UPDATED.
acute illness - Answer A sudden illness from which a person is expected to recover
chronic illness - Answer an on-going illness, slow or gradual in onset; it has no known cure; it
can be controlled and complications prevented with proper treatment
General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) - Answer Seyle's concept that the body responds to
stress with alarm, resistance and exhaustion
Repression (defense mechanism) - Answer YOU FORGET THE NAME OF SOMEONE FOR
WHOM YOU HAVE INTENSE NEGATIVE FEELING TOWARDS.
Denial (defense mechanism) - Answer - Refusing to acknowledge the existence of a real
situation or the feelings associated with it.
EX: A women drinks alcohol every day and cannot stop, failing to acknowledge that she has a
problem.
projection (defense mechanism) - Answer - Attributing feelings or impulses unacceptable to
ones self to another person.
EX: Sue feels a strong sexual attraction to her track coach and tells her friend, "Hes coming on to
me!"
reaction formation (defense mechanism) - Answer - Preventing unacceptable thoughts or
behaviors from being expressed by exaggerating opposite thoughts or types of behaviors.
EX: Jane hates nursing. She attended nursing school to please her parents. During career day,
she speaks to prospective students about the excellence of nursing as a career.
Regression (defense mechanism) - Answer - Responding to stress by retreating to an earlier
level of development and the comfort measures associated with that level of functioning.
EX: When 2 year old Jay is hospitalized for tonsillitis he will drink only from a bottle, although his
mother states he has been drinking from a cup for over 6 months.
, Rationalization (defense mechanism) - Answer - Attempting to make excuses or formulate
logical reasons to justifying unacceptable feelings or behaviors.
EX: John tells the rehab nurse, "I drink because its the only way I can deal with my bad marriage
and awful job."
IDENTIFICATION (DEFENSE MECHANISM) - Answer MODELING BEHAVIOR AFTER SOMEONE
ELSE
A 6 YEAR OLD GIRL DRESSES UP IN HER MOMS DRESS
displacement (defense mechanism) - Answer - The transfer of feelings from one target to
another that is considered less threatening or that is neutral.
EX: A client is angry at his doctor, does not express it, but becomes verbally abusive with the
nurse.
sublimation (defense mechanism) - Answer - Rechanneling of drives or impulses that are
personally or socially unacceptable into activities that are constructive.
EX: Mom of son killed by drunk driver, president of MADD.
TRANSITION STAGE OF ILLNESS - Answer DENY FEELING ILL BUT RECOGNIZE THAT
SYMPTOMS OF AN ILLNESS ARE PRESENT.
Acceptance stage - Answer Acknowledge illness and take measures to become well
CONVALESCENCE STAGE OF ILLNESS - Answer PROCESS OF RECOVERING AFTER THE ILLNESS
AND REGAINING HEALTH
alarm stage of GAS - Answer fight or flight response
Stage of Resistance (GAS) - Answer The activity of the nervous and endocrine systems in
returning the body to homeostasis
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - Answer (level 1) Physiological Needs, (level 2) Safety and
Security, (level 3) Relationships, Love and Affection, (level 4) Self Esteem, (level 5) Self
Actualization
