A patient with a history of dog bites is admitted with a new severe dog bite and tells the nurse that he feels fine except for the bite. The nurse realizes this patient is functioning within which phase of the general adaptation syndrome?
1. Resistance
2. Alarm
3. Transaction
4. Exhaustion
Resistance
Rationale: The resistance stage reflects the individual's adaptation to the stressor. Ideally, the individual moves from the alarm stage to the resistance stage quickly so that physiological forces are used to increase the resistance to stress. At this time, adaptation may occur, involving mediation of the external and internal environments. Resistance is high at this time compared with the normal state. The body attempts to cope with the stressor and to limit the stressor to the smallest area of the body that can deal with it. The alarm stage is the first stage of the general adaptation syndrome and is where the fight-or-flight response is initiated. The exhaustion stage is the final stage and means that the adaptation the body made during the second stage cannot be maintained. This stage occurs only if the stress becomes overwhelming or is not removed. There is no transaction stage within the general adaptation syndrome.
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