NUR 215 EXAM 4 STRESS
What is Developmental Stressors? - answer Predicted at various stages of a person's
life.
Examples of Developmental Stressors? - answer1) School age children may experience
stress at school, family or peers.
2) Middle aged adults must adjust to aging parents and accepting their physical change
What is Situational Stressors? - answer They are unpredictable.
What is an example Situational Stressors? - answer You cannot predict is you will
experience
1)Automobile accidents
2) Natural Disasters
3) Job conflict
4) Illness
What is Physiological Stressors? - answer Are those that affect the body structure or
function
What are examples of Physiological Stressors? - answer Chemical-environment toxins,
medications, tobacco
Physical or mechanical—trauma, cold, joint overuse
Nutritional—vitamin deficiency, high-fat diet
Biological—viruses, bacteria
Genetic—inborn errors of metabolism
Lifestyle—obesity, sedentary lifestyle
What is Psychosocial Stressors? - answerExternal stressors that arise from work,
family, dynamics, living situation, social relationships, financial strain, and other aspects
of our daily lives
True or False:
The difference between adaptive and maladaptive coping is that maladaptive coping
does not relieve stress. - answerFalse
In addition to avoiding the stressor, what are two other approaches to coping? -
answerAltering and Adapting
(Complete the sentence.) The outcome of stress (adaptation or disease) depends on
the balance among the strength, number, and duration of the stressors and ________ -
answerthe effectiveness of the person's coping methods
, In general, what is the difference between the alarm stage and the resistance stage of
the GAS? - answerAlarm stage- sympathetic. Heart rate, blood pressure, cardia output,
respiratory function, and hormone levels return to normal.
resistance (or adaptation), parasympathetic, the body tries to cope, protect itself against
the stressor, and maintain homeostasis. Stabilization involves the use of physiological
and psychological coping mechanisms. Physical adaptations help the heart rate, blood
pressure, cardiac output, respiratory function, and hormone levels return to normal.
What gland releases Corticotrophin-Releasing Hormone (CRH)? - answerHypothalamus
What does Corticotrophin-Releasing Hormone (CRH) do? - answerCRH, together with
messages from the cerebral cortex, directs the pituitary gland to release
adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and antidiuretic hormone (ADH).
What gland releases Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)? - answerAnterior Pituitary
gland
What does adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) do? - answerACTH stimulates the
adrenal cortex to produce and secrete glucocorticoids (especially cortisol) and
mineralocorticoids (especially aldosterone)
What does Antidiuretic hormone (ADH) do? - answerADH also promotes fluid retention
by increasing the reabsorption of water by kidney tubules.
What gland releases the Antidiuretic hormone (ADH)? - answerPosterior Pituitary Gland
What gland releases Aldosterone? - answerAdrenal Cotrex
What does Aldosterone do? - answerpromotes fluid retention by causing the kidneys to
reabsorb more sodium. In that way, it helps to increase fluid volume and maintain or
increase blood pressure.
What gland releases cortisol? - answerAdrenal Gland
What does Cortisol do? - answerin general, has a glucose-sparing effect. It increases
the use of fats and proteins for energy and conserves glucose for use by the brain.
Cortisol also has an anti-inflammatory effect
What gland releases Norepinephrine and Epinephrine? - answerAdrenal Medulla
What does Norepinephrine do? - answer1)Vasoconstriction in skin
2)Vasoconstriction in viscera
3)Decrease peristalsis
4)Vasoconstriction in skeletal muscle
5)Vasodilation in skeletal muscle
What is Developmental Stressors? - answer Predicted at various stages of a person's
life.
Examples of Developmental Stressors? - answer1) School age children may experience
stress at school, family or peers.
2) Middle aged adults must adjust to aging parents and accepting their physical change
What is Situational Stressors? - answer They are unpredictable.
What is an example Situational Stressors? - answer You cannot predict is you will
experience
1)Automobile accidents
2) Natural Disasters
3) Job conflict
4) Illness
What is Physiological Stressors? - answer Are those that affect the body structure or
function
What are examples of Physiological Stressors? - answer Chemical-environment toxins,
medications, tobacco
Physical or mechanical—trauma, cold, joint overuse
Nutritional—vitamin deficiency, high-fat diet
Biological—viruses, bacteria
Genetic—inborn errors of metabolism
Lifestyle—obesity, sedentary lifestyle
What is Psychosocial Stressors? - answerExternal stressors that arise from work,
family, dynamics, living situation, social relationships, financial strain, and other aspects
of our daily lives
True or False:
The difference between adaptive and maladaptive coping is that maladaptive coping
does not relieve stress. - answerFalse
In addition to avoiding the stressor, what are two other approaches to coping? -
answerAltering and Adapting
(Complete the sentence.) The outcome of stress (adaptation or disease) depends on
the balance among the strength, number, and duration of the stressors and ________ -
answerthe effectiveness of the person's coping methods
, In general, what is the difference between the alarm stage and the resistance stage of
the GAS? - answerAlarm stage- sympathetic. Heart rate, blood pressure, cardia output,
respiratory function, and hormone levels return to normal.
resistance (or adaptation), parasympathetic, the body tries to cope, protect itself against
the stressor, and maintain homeostasis. Stabilization involves the use of physiological
and psychological coping mechanisms. Physical adaptations help the heart rate, blood
pressure, cardiac output, respiratory function, and hormone levels return to normal.
What gland releases Corticotrophin-Releasing Hormone (CRH)? - answerHypothalamus
What does Corticotrophin-Releasing Hormone (CRH) do? - answerCRH, together with
messages from the cerebral cortex, directs the pituitary gland to release
adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and antidiuretic hormone (ADH).
What gland releases Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)? - answerAnterior Pituitary
gland
What does adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) do? - answerACTH stimulates the
adrenal cortex to produce and secrete glucocorticoids (especially cortisol) and
mineralocorticoids (especially aldosterone)
What does Antidiuretic hormone (ADH) do? - answerADH also promotes fluid retention
by increasing the reabsorption of water by kidney tubules.
What gland releases the Antidiuretic hormone (ADH)? - answerPosterior Pituitary Gland
What gland releases Aldosterone? - answerAdrenal Cotrex
What does Aldosterone do? - answerpromotes fluid retention by causing the kidneys to
reabsorb more sodium. In that way, it helps to increase fluid volume and maintain or
increase blood pressure.
What gland releases cortisol? - answerAdrenal Gland
What does Cortisol do? - answerin general, has a glucose-sparing effect. It increases
the use of fats and proteins for energy and conserves glucose for use by the brain.
Cortisol also has an anti-inflammatory effect
What gland releases Norepinephrine and Epinephrine? - answerAdrenal Medulla
What does Norepinephrine do? - answer1)Vasoconstriction in skin
2)Vasoconstriction in viscera
3)Decrease peristalsis
4)Vasoconstriction in skeletal muscle
5)Vasodilation in skeletal muscle
