Exam 8: Health and Illness

An anxious co-worker who is to present a comprehensive report to the hospital board on innovative staffing patterns sits down at your table in the lunchroom and begins to tell you what will be presented in the report.The nurse knows that the co-worker is using the coping strategy of:

The nurse assesses that smoking,drinking alcohol,and exercising compulsively,which may occur as responses to a stressful situation,are which one of the following types of responses?

The patient returning from surgery complains of incisional pain that is now rated 7 in intensity on the 1-to-10 pain scale.As a nurse,you know that pain is an example of:

The home health nurse helps a patient who is chronically ill with congestive heart failure to reorder time by:

The nurse clarifies that currently the health care system is concerned with:

Activities directed toward maintaining or enhancing well-being against illness are called:

The nurse initiates the first step in helping patients to increase adaptability,which is to:

The alarm reaction stage,resistance stage,and exhaustion stage are the three stages of the:

During the initial gathering of data,the patient reveals a weight loss of 17 pounds since the death of his spouse 5 weeks earlier.He says that he is not sleeping and has no appetite.Using Maslow's "Hierarchy of Needs," the nurse assesses that the unmet needs are in the category of:

The nurse points out that the current view of health:

In explaining the concept of chronic illness,the nurse uses the example of a patient who has:

The nurse gives the example of when an individual becomes frightened and experiences increased heart rate and mental activity,along with increased blood flow to the skeletal muscles and dilated pupils,the person is experiencing an alarm reaction that helps the body defend against stressors.This alarm reaction is the:

When the caregiver is frustrated and is complaining of being overwhelmed,the nurse can assist by: (Select all that apply.)

The term that the nurse uses to refer to persons who fail to maintain treatment protocols is ____________________.

The patient is being discharged from same-day surgery after a tonsillectomy.The nurse is aware that the patient will be in the phase of general adaptation syndrome,in which the body begins to heal after injury.This is called the:

The nurse clarifies that a neuroendocrine response involves both the autonomic nervous system and the endocrine system and is considered a(n):

The nurse describes yoga as an alternative therapy that creates a __________________ intervention.

The nurse reminds the patient that the traditional view of health:

The common cold,appendicitis,and urinary tract infections are examples of what type of illness?

A tendency of biologic systems to maintain stability of the internal environment while continually adjusting to changes is ____________________.