Question

Case Studies, Chapter 42, Stress and Adaptation 1. You are a general practice nurse caring for a husband and wife who made an appointment to see the health care provider regarding how stress is impacting their well-being. The 72-year-old husband is a caregiver for his wife, who is in the early-middle stage of Alzheimer's disease. As a nurse for 40 years, the wife is very aware of what is going on (when she's oriented) and is very concerned about the responsibility her husband feels quite deeply. a. How would you expect the patients to experience their stress? b. Which human dimensions are impacted by stress? c. What causes stress? d. Why is adaptation necessary? e. Which physiologic indicators of stress might you assess (or discover by interview) in the husband? 2. As a nursing student, stress has not only become a way of life, but it has also become a sometimes-welcomed friend. Add it to your college, job, family, and so on, and you have the potential for continual stress. Understanding that stress is a part of life and cannot be avoided, strategies must be developed to facilitate adaptation a. When can anxiety be positive? b. Explain the difference between anxiety and fear. c. Which professional situations within nursing have been identified as highly stressful? d. What can a nursing student/nurse do to reduce stress and prevent burnout? e. Which techniques can be used to manage stress?

Answer 1

Answer: Stress is a condition where a feeling of emotional or physical tension occurs. It can occurs by various means and due to many reasons such that makes feel frustrated, angry, or nervous. Stress can be in various forms of low energy, fatigue, tension etc. A patient becomes unable to handle the stress as sometimes things go out of control and our mind does not support it. Patient with the Alzheimer's diseases have problem of memory loss and they repeatedly ask many questions and sometimes it becomes irritable for the caregiver to response.