Study Guide for Fundamentals of Nursing The Art and Science of Nursing Care

e.Projection

f.Rationalization

g.Reaction formation

h.Regression

i.Repression

j.Sublimation

k.Suppression

l.Undoing

PART B

1. A patient bangs his hand on the bed
   tray in frustration over his rehabilitation
   progress.


2. A patient doesn’t remember striking a
   nurse during a painful procedure.


3. A patient who screamed at a nurse in
   anger over a lack of privacy gives the
   nurse a box of candy.


4. A patient who continually forgets to
   take his medications complains, “There
   are too many pills to take.”


5. A patient refuses to accept her diagnosis
   of cancer.


6. A patient who has sexual feelings for a
   nurse accuses her of sexual harassment.


7. A patient who cannot stop smoking
   becomes a fitness fanatic.


8. A patient adopts his spiritual director’s
   philosophy of life.


9. A patient who actually admires her
   doctor’s medical ability questions his
   competency.


10. A nursing home patient who is
    depressed becomes incontinent.


11. A wheelchair-bound patient becomes
    involved in wheelchair races.
    Match the homeostatic regulators of the body
    listed in Part A with their action listed in
    Part B.
    PART A
    a.Parasympathetic
    b.Sympathetic
    c.Pituitary
    d.Adrenals

e.Thyroid

f.Cardiovascular

g.Renal

h.Respiratory

i.Gastrointestinal

PART B

12. Secretes adrenocorticotropic hormone
    and thyroid-stimulating hormone


13. Takes in food and fluids and eliminates
    waste products


14. Functions under stress conditions to
    bring about the fight-or-flight response


15. Regulates intake and output of oxygen
    and carbon dioxide


16. Functions under normal conditions and
    at rest


17. Secretes thyroid hormone and
    calcitonin


18. Serves as a transport system and pump


19. Filters, excretes, and reabsorbs metabolic
    products and water

SHORT ANSWER

1.Briefly describe the following adaptive

responses to stress, and give an example of

each response.

a.Mind–body interaction:

b.Local adaptation syndrome:

c. General adaptation syndrome:

2.Describe the three stages of the inflammatory

response.

a.

b.

c.

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