STRESS

Experienced through stimulus or stresssor

Forces from the outside world that affect an individual

Related to internal and external factors Positive, Negative, and Neutral stress Events that provoke stress are called

stressors Individuals react to stress differently

FIGHT OR FLIGHT RESPONSE

Also called the Stress Response Arousal of the Sympathetic Nervous

System Response that man and other

animals share when threatened. Critical during Emergency Situations Can also be activated in a milder

form when there is no actual danger

FIGHT OR FLIGHT RESPONSE

NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES Respond to stress functions with

negative feedback

MEDULLA OBLONGATA RETICULAR FORMATION PITUITARY GLAND

FIGHT OR FLIGHT RESPONSE

INCREASED: Heart Rate Cardiac Output Respiratory Rate Glucose Mental Activity Arterial Blood Pressure Blood Flow to Skeletal Muscles

GENERAL ADAPTION SYNDROME A THREE STAGE REACTION TO

STRESS

ALARM

RESISTANCE

EXHAUSTION

TYPES OF STRESS

DISTRESS—DAMAGING

EUSTRESS—STRESS THAT PROTECTS HEALTH

POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER—ACUTE STRESS DISORDER THAT BEGINS WHEN A PERSON EXPERIENCES, WITNESSES, OR IS CONFRONTED WITH A TRAUMATIC EVENT

ASPECTS OF STRESSOR THAT INFLUENCE STRESS RESPONSEINTENSITYSCOPEDURATIONNUMBER AND NATURE OF STRESSORSPREDICABILITY

COPING INDIRECT METHODS

EGO-DEFENSE MECHANISMS COMPENSATION CONVERSION DENIAL DISPLACEMENT IDENTIFICATION DISSOCIATION REGRESSION

COPING

PROBLEM FOCUSED EMOTIONAL FOCUSED EFFECTIVENESS RESOURCES

NURSING KNOWLEDGE BASE

ROLE OF STRESS

SITUATIONAL FACTORS

MATURATIONAL FACTORS

SOCIOCULTURAL FACTORS

SELF ASSESSMENT

WHAT IS YOUR DEFINITION OF STRESS? WHAT ELICITS THE FIGHT-FLIGHT

RESPONSE IN YOU? WHAT PHYSICAL EFFECTS DO YOU

EXPERIENCE WHEN UNDER STRESS? WHAT COPING MECHANISMS TO YOU

EMPLOY? WHICH ARE THE MOST EFFECTIVE? LEAST EFFECTIVE?

CRITICAL THINKING AND NURSING PROCESS NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES COMMUNICATION PRINCIPLES COLLECTION OF SUBJECTIVE AND

OBJECTIVE DATA ASSESSMENT OF DATA

PLANNING IMPLEMENTATION EVALUATION