NURSING 2PF3 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Liver, Immune System, Homeostasis
20 Nov 2018
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Definition: a state in response to a stimuli that causes intense systemic demand on the bo. Definition: when the body"s demand > than the body"s coping abilities (disturbance of cog well being) Definition: stress is unavoidable -- normal part of life. Can either be a good stimulus or lead to diseases. Being afraid of heights) maybe another person"s recre. Stress is a non-specific response -- whether it is short-term or chronic, will cause similar h. Stress is something that happens to us, it has three components: the stressors (external in and the pathophysiological sequence that occurs. Stressors are everywhere - do not always cause a response. Stressors can be positive (eustressors), negative (distressors) or neutral. They don"t necessarily lead to the stress response until we"ve converted them to ne. You are very comfortable and enjoy talking to the elderly patients - this is neutr.
