Coping and Adaptation: Understanding Healthy Responses to Stress, Slides of Nursing

Download Coping and Adaptation: Understanding Healthy Responses to Stress and more Slides Nursing in PDF only on Docsity! Health (Unit II) 1 1/21/2010 24 Coping 70 Coping Concepts  Coping - efforts oriented towards managing stress  Includes;  Increased self-awareness 71  Mastering, tolerating, reducing and eliminating factors that interfere with function  Acquisition of knowledge and skills  Effective coping is measured in relation to outcome achieved Coping Concepts obj #8  Adaptive  All the positive ways used to minimize threats to personal integrity and emotional equilibrium with maximum body function 72  Maladaptive  Includes  Impulsiveness - acts without thought  Acting out - using violence  Manipulation - to exert power  Verbal aggression  Social isolation - withdrawal Docsity.com Health (Unit II) 1 1/21/2010 25 Adaptive vs. Maladaptive Coping  Adaptive  Resolves disturbed affect associated ith th t d l  Maladaptive  Attempts at coping eventually increase t 73 w rea an oss  Preserves integrity  Maintains relationships and roles  Preserves positive self-concept s ress Maladaptive Coping  Giving up complex  Helplessness/hopelessness  Depreciated image of self  Loss of gratification from roles in life 74  Sense of continuity between past-present-future disrupted  Reactivate memories of earlier periods of giving up  Defensive mechanisms - coping  Reacting to stress with defense mechanisms  e.g., regression, denial…  Will be discussed in more detail in N144  Obliterates effective coping  Substance abuse Interventions obj #9  Enhancing empowerment and hope  Promoting healthy humor Social support 75   Counteracting loneliness and isolation Docsity.com Health (Unit II) 1 1/21/2010 28 Infection continued…  More Factors increasing susceptibility  Low WBC  Malnutrition  Poor blood supply  Pt at risk for HAI  Means of destruction of organisms 82 Diagnostic Testsobj #15  Culture and sensitivity (C & S)  WBC Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (sed rate) 83 Nursing Interventions obj#16  Nutrition  Rest Avoid allergens  Hot and cold   Fever control  Restrict movement  Elevate part 84 Docsity.com Health (Unit II) 1 1/21/2010 29 In Summary,  Response to stress is influenced by the intensity duration scope number 85 , , , , predictability, level of personal control, feelings of competence, cognitive appraisal, and ability of social supports Study Guide  Identify goals for Healthy People 2010  Summarize how a client’s cultural background influences their health beliefs and practices 86  Define risk factors, health beliefs, health promotion, wellness, and health practices  Apply principles from the Health Behavior Change model  Determine if a client is engaged in a primary, secondary, or tertiary level of prevention Study Guide  Know the basic premise underlying Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Model.  Recognize the basic principles of the Response Based Model of Stress by Seyle 87 .  Identify the stages of the General Adaptation Syndrome.  Differentiate between adaptive and maladaptive coping concepts. Docsity.com