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:

Osmosis

The movement of water molecules through a semipermeable membrane from a region of lower solute concentration to a region of higher solute concentration.

Concentration Gradient

A difference in the concentration of a substance from one point to another, as for example, across a cell membrane.

Plasmolysis

The process in which cells lose water in a hypertonic solution, resulting in the shrinkage of the cell membrane away from the cell wall.

Hypertonic

A solution that has a higher concentration of solutes compared to another solution, leading to potential osmotic movement of water out of a cell.