The Nurse Is Planning to Teach a Patient How to Use

question 4

Multiple Choice

The nurse is planning to teach a patient how to use relaxation techniques to prevent elevation of blood pressure and heart rate.The nurse is teaching the patient to

• A) switch from the sympathetic mode of the autonomic nervous system to the parasympathetic mode.
• B) alter the internal state by modifying electronic signals related to physiologic processes.
• C) replace stress-producing thoughts and activities with daily stress-reducing thoughts and activities.
• D) reduce catecholamine production and promote the production of additional beta-endorphins.

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Definitions:

Temperament

The combination of inherent traits, behaviors, and emotions that constitutes an individual's distinctive character.

Ambivalent Attachment

A type of insecure attachment where children are wary and particularly clingy to their caregivers, showing mixed feelings of seeking and resisting closeness.

Avoidant Attachment

A type of attachment style characterized by a desire to maintain independence and emotional distance from others.

Secure Attachment

A type of attachment characterized by showing mild distress at leave-takings, seeking nearness to an attachment figure, and being readily soothed by this figure.