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Fundamentals of Nursing

Reflection Questions

Fundamentals of NursingReflection Questions

Reflection Questions

1 .
Consider a patient who is an accountant and is extremely anxious a month prior to the income tax deadline. Describe positive coping behaviors and ways to introduce such behaviors to the patient.
2 .
Think about caring for a patient whose anxiety has been rising. The patient is experiencing severe stress and is extremely anxious. What are your concerns for the patient reaching the point of crisis?
3 .
Identify a stressor you have encountered since starting nursing school. Reflect on the following: (1) Was this developmental or situational? (2) How were you able to adapt? (3) Was your adaptation positive/effective or negative/ineffective?
4 .
Consider an action that exemplifies a destructive action relative to maintenance of homeostasis. Describe two things you as a nurse can do to assist your patient to identify constructive actions instead.
5 .
Describe what has happened physiologically when a patient has reached the exhaustion stage of the general adaptation syndrome.
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