NURS 2003 Nursing Therapeutics
Study Guide Exam with All Correct
Answers 2025-2026 Update.
What is a phenomena? - Answer ones lived experience
What is Seyle's definition of stress? - Answer a non-specific response of the body to any
demand made on it
stress as a stimulus uses the.... - Answer social readjustment scale
stress as a response uses the.... - Answer General Adaptation Syndrome
What is the social readjustment scale? - Answer has different types of situations and asks the
patient to rate the amount of stress that would be evoked in that situation.
stress leads to _____________ ______________ due to wear and tear in frequent stressful
situations. - Answer chronic diseases
what are hassles? - Answer inconveniences that occur every day
what are up lifts? - Answer things that bring joy
what does stress as a transaction suggest? - Answer that a stimulus in the environment
creates a stressor
what are the 3 ways of primary appraisal in stress as a transaction? - Answer (1) irrelevant
(2) stressful
(3) benign positive
in stress as a transaction, what are the three different ways you can interpret stress? - Answer
(1) threat
(2) harm or loss
(3) challenge
,what is the secondary appraisal in stress as a transaction? - Answer finding ways to cope
with the stress (can be positive or negative)
what is hardiness? - Answer the way a person deals with stress (internal locus of control)
what is sense of coherence? - Answer how a person sees the worlds and one's life in it
what is resilience? - Answer being resourceful, flexible, and using problem- solving strategies
(seeing things in different ways)
what are the three stages of the general adaptation syndrome? - Answer (1) alarm reaction
(fight or flight)
(2) stage of resistance
(3) stage of exhaustion
the sympathetico adrenal medullary pathways is a stage of what stage in the GAS? - Answer
alarm reaction stage
With increased SNS activity during the alarm reaction stage, what happens in the heart? -
Answer - increased heart rate and increased stroke volume
- ultimately leads to increased cardiac output
With increased SNS activity during the alarm reaction stage, what happens in the blood vessels?
- Answer -peripheral vasoconstriction
- leads to increased systolic BP and redistribution of blood to vital organs
With increased SNS activity during the alarm reaction stage, what happens in the lungs? -
Answer - increased respiration rate and shallow breathing
With increased SNS activity during the alarm reaction stage, what happens in the adrenal
medulla? - Answer - increased catecholamines (epinephrine and norepinephrine)
- leads to prolonged SNS response
With increased SNS activity during the alarm reaction stage, what happens in the liver? -
Answer - glycogenolysis
- leading to increased blood glucose
, With increased SNS activity during the alarm reaction stage, what happens in the GI system? -
Answer - decreased secretions and decreased peristalsis
- leads to decreased digestion
the physiological responses to stress have bi- directional neurochemical links between what
three systems? - Answer nervous system, endocrine system, and immune system
what happens during the stage of resistance in the GAS? - Answer person uses variety of
physiological resources to help them cope with the stress they are experiencing (can be positive
or negative)
what happens during the stage of exhaustion in the GAS? - Answer all physical resources
have been expended (person becomes physically exhausted)
- this is why improvement in systems prior to death
what is the role of the reticular activating system (RAS) in the stress response? - Answer
makes you feel awake
What is allostasis? - Answer process of achieving homeostasis in the presence of a challenge
what are the three major areas that are important in the assessment of stress? - Answer
demands, human responses to stress, and coping
what is distress thermometer? - Answer identifies areas of particular concern to patients
what is the perceived stress scale? - Answer measure of how stressful a person perceives his
or her life to be at that time
what is inflammation? - Answer a biological response to cell injury
what are some causes of inflammation? - Answer trauma, chemicals, thermal sources,
radiation, pathogens, allergens
__________________ involves a pathogen and is not always the case for inflammation. -
Answer infections
what are the 4 different defence mechanisms of the body? - Answer (1) skin and mucous
membranes
Study Guide Exam with All Correct
Answers 2025-2026 Update.
What is a phenomena? - Answer ones lived experience
What is Seyle's definition of stress? - Answer a non-specific response of the body to any
demand made on it
stress as a stimulus uses the.... - Answer social readjustment scale
stress as a response uses the.... - Answer General Adaptation Syndrome
What is the social readjustment scale? - Answer has different types of situations and asks the
patient to rate the amount of stress that would be evoked in that situation.
stress leads to _____________ ______________ due to wear and tear in frequent stressful
situations. - Answer chronic diseases
what are hassles? - Answer inconveniences that occur every day
what are up lifts? - Answer things that bring joy
what does stress as a transaction suggest? - Answer that a stimulus in the environment
creates a stressor
what are the 3 ways of primary appraisal in stress as a transaction? - Answer (1) irrelevant
(2) stressful
(3) benign positive
in stress as a transaction, what are the three different ways you can interpret stress? - Answer
(1) threat
(2) harm or loss
(3) challenge
,what is the secondary appraisal in stress as a transaction? - Answer finding ways to cope
with the stress (can be positive or negative)
what is hardiness? - Answer the way a person deals with stress (internal locus of control)
what is sense of coherence? - Answer how a person sees the worlds and one's life in it
what is resilience? - Answer being resourceful, flexible, and using problem- solving strategies
(seeing things in different ways)
what are the three stages of the general adaptation syndrome? - Answer (1) alarm reaction
(fight or flight)
(2) stage of resistance
(3) stage of exhaustion
the sympathetico adrenal medullary pathways is a stage of what stage in the GAS? - Answer
alarm reaction stage
With increased SNS activity during the alarm reaction stage, what happens in the heart? -
Answer - increased heart rate and increased stroke volume
- ultimately leads to increased cardiac output
With increased SNS activity during the alarm reaction stage, what happens in the blood vessels?
- Answer -peripheral vasoconstriction
- leads to increased systolic BP and redistribution of blood to vital organs
With increased SNS activity during the alarm reaction stage, what happens in the lungs? -
Answer - increased respiration rate and shallow breathing
With increased SNS activity during the alarm reaction stage, what happens in the adrenal
medulla? - Answer - increased catecholamines (epinephrine and norepinephrine)
- leads to prolonged SNS response
With increased SNS activity during the alarm reaction stage, what happens in the liver? -
Answer - glycogenolysis
- leading to increased blood glucose
, With increased SNS activity during the alarm reaction stage, what happens in the GI system? -
Answer - decreased secretions and decreased peristalsis
- leads to decreased digestion
the physiological responses to stress have bi- directional neurochemical links between what
three systems? - Answer nervous system, endocrine system, and immune system
what happens during the stage of resistance in the GAS? - Answer person uses variety of
physiological resources to help them cope with the stress they are experiencing (can be positive
or negative)
what happens during the stage of exhaustion in the GAS? - Answer all physical resources
have been expended (person becomes physically exhausted)
- this is why improvement in systems prior to death
what is the role of the reticular activating system (RAS) in the stress response? - Answer
makes you feel awake
What is allostasis? - Answer process of achieving homeostasis in the presence of a challenge
what are the three major areas that are important in the assessment of stress? - Answer
demands, human responses to stress, and coping
what is distress thermometer? - Answer identifies areas of particular concern to patients
what is the perceived stress scale? - Answer measure of how stressful a person perceives his
or her life to be at that time
what is inflammation? - Answer a biological response to cell injury
what are some causes of inflammation? - Answer trauma, chemicals, thermal sources,
radiation, pathogens, allergens
__________________ involves a pathogen and is not always the case for inflammation. -
Answer infections
what are the 4 different defence mechanisms of the body? - Answer (1) skin and mucous
membranes
