NURS 1710 Lecture 11: Intro to Nursing I lecture #11
2 Feb 2017
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A personalized physiological, psychological, and spiritual response to the presence of a stressor (arnold & boggs, 2010) A non-specific response of an organism to any demand made on it (selye, 1956) Forces or stimuli that press in, upon, or stimulate a system. Can create a physical, behavioral, and emotional response in a person. Can include internal, external, environmental, psychological, and social stimuli. (uniquely perceived by each person (although there are patterns, each person is different) The human response to stimuli that attempts to foster health adaptation and promotes coping to individual stress stimuli or clusters of stressors. The stress response is always an attempt at survival; preserving life and adaptation. Potential (when client has a new diagnosis and involves life changes) Imagined (anticipatory stress idea that there is going to be a stress that imposes upon them. Can be noxious while others are enjoyable and healthful. Eustress (good stress stress that comes with a successful adaptation.
