Title: Describe behavioral responses to stress.
Course: Practical Nursing III (14052-III) > Section: Understanding the Nursing Process as Related to the Mental Health Client

Description should include

- classifications of stress
- definitions of adaptive, maladaptive, and psychotic behavior
- explanation of general adaptation syndrome
- explanation of general systems theory
- methods of stress management for the healthcare worker.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What are the descriptions of mild, moderate, severe, and panic classifications of anxiety?
- What are the three components of the general adaption syndrome?
- What are adaptive and maladaptive defense mechanisms?
- How would one explain the general systems theory relating to individual and family coping responses?
- What are the characteristics of, and nursing interventions related to, responses to physical or mental illness, such as
  - anxiety/fear
  - aggression
  - projection
  - ritualistic behavior
  - hopelessness, helplessness, and powerlessness
  - withdrawal
  - depression
  - clinical depression
  - conversion disorders?
- What are methods of stress management for the healthcare worker?
- What stress-management resources are available for healthcare workers?