NURS 144 Midterm 2025/2026 Exam
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Stressors - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔forces that disrupt an individual's state of
balance
Eustress - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔good stress, can help achieve goals or exceed
self imposed limitations, associated with accomplishment
Ex: marriage, graduation
Distress - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔associated with inadequacy, insecurity & loss
Coping - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔describes how an individual deals with internal &
external factors
Problem-focused coping - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔manages or changes the
stressor, event or circumstance; confronts the stressor to try to change it
, Emotion-focused coping - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔regulates emotional response to
distress, reevaluates to reduce appraisal of a threat, avoids the stressor
Adaptation - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔reaction to stress, triggers body's defense
General Adaptation Syndrome - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔alarm, resistance,
exhaustion
Factors increasing adherence - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔commitment, available
resources, positive coping mechanisms
Factors decreasing adherence - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔complicated regimen,
adverse reaction to meds, negative coping mechanisms
Acute stress - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔short term stress
Ex: car accident, loss of a loved one
Episodic stress - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔related to an event, short lived
Ex: taking on too much responsibility, always feeling rushed & disorganized
Chronic stress - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔long term stress, continuous activation of
nervous system
Ex: poverty, illness, disease
Questions and Correct Answers | New
Update
Stressors - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔forces that disrupt an individual's state of
balance
Eustress - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔good stress, can help achieve goals or exceed
self imposed limitations, associated with accomplishment
Ex: marriage, graduation
Distress - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔associated with inadequacy, insecurity & loss
Coping - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔describes how an individual deals with internal &
external factors
Problem-focused coping - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔manages or changes the
stressor, event or circumstance; confronts the stressor to try to change it
, Emotion-focused coping - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔regulates emotional response to
distress, reevaluates to reduce appraisal of a threat, avoids the stressor
Adaptation - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔reaction to stress, triggers body's defense
General Adaptation Syndrome - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔alarm, resistance,
exhaustion
Factors increasing adherence - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔commitment, available
resources, positive coping mechanisms
Factors decreasing adherence - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔complicated regimen,
adverse reaction to meds, negative coping mechanisms
Acute stress - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔short term stress
Ex: car accident, loss of a loved one
Episodic stress - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔related to an event, short lived
Ex: taking on too much responsibility, always feeling rushed & disorganized
Chronic stress - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔long term stress, continuous activation of
nervous system
Ex: poverty, illness, disease
