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Timby's Introductory Medical-Surgical Nursing Thirteenth, North American Edition
Chapter 67 : Interaction of Body and Mind Questions
Question 1 of 5
What intervention should a nurse recommend for fostering effective coping skills and a sense of hardiness?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: A nurse should recommend a daily exercise program to reduce stimulating neurotransmitters and release endorphins and enkephalins. Diet and periodic checkups are not essential to foster effective coping skills and a sense of hardiness. It is essential for the client to avoid a nonprescribed sedative drug for self-treatment because it does not foster effective coping skills and a sense of hardiness.
Question 2 of 5
What condition triggers the general adaptation syndrome?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Excessive, ill-timed, or unrelieved stress is called distress. It triggers the general adaptation syndrome, a nonspecific physiologic response. Eustress means the right amount of stress and maintains a healthy balance in life. It cannot trigger general adaptation syndrome. The placebo effect refers to healing or improvement that takes place because the person believes a treatment method will be more effective. Helplessness is a psychological factor that makes a client with stress disease prone. It is not a condition that triggers the general adaptation syndrome.
Question 3 of 5
What is the result of the appropriate use of coping mechanisms?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: When used appropriately and in moderation, coping mechanisms allow maintenance of psychological equilibrium and lead to psychological growth. Appropriate use of coping mechanisms does not alter body functions or symptoms or restore biologic functions.
Question 4 of 5
Impaired balance and uncontrolled tremors of Parkinson disease is correlated with which neurotransmitter?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The impaired balance and uncontrolled tremors of Parkinson disease have been linked with low levels of dopamine. The other neurotransmitters have not been implicated in Parkinson's disease in this manner.
Question 5 of 5
The nurse is caring for a client diagnosed with Parkinson disease. The nurse is most correct to correlate the client's uncontrolled tremors as a physical characteristic of a lack of which neurotransmitter?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Parkinson disease is a neurodegenerative disorder and the most common movement disorder. It is characterized by progressive loss of muscle control, which leads to trembling of the limbs and head while at rest, stiffness, slowness, and imbalance. Low levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine have been linked to the uncontrollable tremors. The other neurotransmitters are not related to Parkinson disease.