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Chapter 42
Stress and adaptation
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Adaptation | adjustment of living with other living things and environmental conditions |
| Anxiety | vague sense of impending doom or apprehension precipitated by new and unknown experiences |
| Burnout | cumulative state of frustration with the work environment that develops over a long time; behaviors exhibited as the result of prolonged occupation stress |
| Caregiver burden | stress responses experienced during prolonged periods of home care by family caregivers |
| Coping mechanism | patterns of behavior used to neutralize, deny or counteract anxiety |
| Crisis | point at which body temperature drops rapidly to normal; occurs when coping and defense mechanism are no longer effective, resulting in high levels of anxiety, disorganized behavior, and the inability to function normally |
| Crisis Intervention | five-step problem -solving technique to promote adaptation and improve future coping |
| Defense mechanism | forms of self-deception; unconscious process the self uses to protect itself from anxiety or threats to self-esteem |
| Fear | a feeling of dread; a cognitive response to a known threat |
| Flight-or-fight response | the body preparing itself against threat to either resist (fight) or evade (flight) the danger |
| General adaptation syndrome (GAS) | biochemical model of stress describing the body's general response to stress |
| Homeostasis | various physiologic and psychological mechanisms respond to changes in the internal and external environment to maintain a balanced state |
| Inflammatory response | localized response of the body to injury or infection; protective mechanism that eliminates invading pathogens and allows for tissue repair to occur |
| Local adaptation syndrome (LAS) | localized response of the body to stress, precipitated by trauma or pathology |
| Psychomotor Disorder | physiologic alterations and illness believed to be due to psychological influences |
| Reflex pain response | automatic response of the central nervous system to the stimulus of pain |
| Stress | condition in which human system responds to change in its normal balanced state |
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