A nurse is meeting with a young woman who has recently lost her job after moving with her husband to a new city. She describes herself as being "anxious and pretty depressed."
What principle of stress and adaptation should be integrated into the nurse's plan of care for this patient?
A) Adaptation often fails during stressful events and results in homeostasis.
B) Stress is a part of all lives, and, eventually, this young woman will adapt.
C) Acute anxiety and depression can be adaptations that alleviate stress in some individuals.
D) An accumulation of stressors can disrupt homeostasis and result in disease.
Ans: D
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Four concepts—constancy, homeostasis, stress, and adaptation—are key to the understanding of steady state. Homeostasis is maintained through emotional, neurologic, and hormonal measures; stressors create pressure for adaptation. Sometimes too many stressors disrupt homeostasis, and, if adaptation fails, the result is disease. If a person is overwhelmed by stress, he or she may never adapt. Acute anxiety and depression are frequently associated with stress.
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