Assessment of Sleep, Coping, Grief, Death, and Stress

Question 1

What factors impact circadian rythym?

Answer 1

Environment, social activities, and timing of routines

Question 2

What are the 7 purposes of sleep?

Answer 2

• Enlightenment through dreams
• Immune strengthening
• Physical restoration
• Mood regulation
• Information processing
• Cleansing of brain focus
• Restoring homeostasis

Question 3

Conditions which contribute to/are caused by sleep disturbances

Answer 3

Mood disorders
HTN
Resp conditions
Nocturia
Pain

Question 4

How do sleep requirements change as we age

Answer 4

As you age you require less sleep

Question 5

About how many hours of sleep do children need?

Answer 5

About 12 hours

Question 6

About how many hours of sleep do adults need?

Answer 6

6-8 hours

Question 7

Name factors which affect sleep

Answer 7

Physical illness, emotional stress, Diet/caloric intake

Question 8

What can a nurse do to improve patients quality of sleep in a hospital

Answer 8

Cluster care and promote comfort

Question 9

Medical term for bed wetting

Answer 9

Nocturnal enuresis

Question 10

Med term for sleepwalking

Answer 10

somnambulism

Question 11

Sudden onset of sleepiness/sleep

Answer 11

Narcolepsy

Question 12

Name 4 common sleep disorders

Answer 12

Insomnia, sleep apnea, narcolepsy, and sleep deprivation

Question 13

Stress stage characterized by an acute stress and a response of increased HR, BP, Muscle tension, fear, and anxiety

Answer 13

Alarm

Question 14

Stress stage characterized by persistent stress and poor sleep, poor immunity, and unstable mood

Answer 14

Resistance

Question 15

Stress stage characterized by an increased demand of stress and chronic fatigue, mental/cognitive decline, and detachment/mood disorders

Answer 15

Exhaustion

Question 16

What are the 2 components of stress

Answer 16

Stressor and appraisal

Question 17

What is stressor appraisal?

Answer 17

An individuals interpretation of a stressful even

Question 18

Stress related to unpredictable, large scale events like natural disasters

Answer 18

Catastrophe Stress

Question 19

Stress related to moving, marriage, divorce, or death

Answer 19

Life Change stress

Question 20

Stress related to everyday irritations

Answer 20

Daily hassles stress

Question 21

Define the 3 stages of General adaptation syndrome

Answer 21

Alarm, resistance, and exhaustive

Question 22

Taking feelings out on others

Answer 22

Displacement

Question 23

Denying that something exists

Answer 23

Denial

Question 24

Unconsciously keeping unpleasant information from your conscious mind

Answer 24

Repression

Question 25

Consciously keeping unpleasant information from your conscious mind

Answer 25

Suppression

Question 26

Converting unacceptable impulses into more acceptable outlets

Answer 26

Sublimation

Question 27

Assigning your own unacceptable feelings or qualities to others

Answer 27

Projection

Question 28

Thinking about stressful things in a clinical way

Answer 28

Intellectualization

Question 29

Justifying an unacceptable feeling or behavior with logic

Answer 29

Rationalization

Question 30

Reverting to earlier behaviors

Answer 30

Regression

Question 31

Replacing an unwanted impulse to its opposite

Answer 31

Reaction Formation

Question 32

What are the 5 stages of dying and grief

Answer 32

Denial - Anger - Bargaining - Depression - Acceptance

Question 33

What is complicated grief

Answer 33

Intense and persistent grief which impacts daily life and interferes with normal functioning

Question 34

Grief over a loss that is not acknowledged or validated by society

Answer 34

Disenfranchised