1. Describe stressors, sources of stress (physical and psychological) and factors associated with stress
2. Summarize the systems and mechanisms involved in maintaining physiologic and psychological homeostasis.
3. Differentiate the physical and emotional responses to stress, including local adaptation syndrome, general adaptation syndrome, mind–body interaction, anxiety, and coping and defense mechanisms.
4. Discuss the effects of short- and long-term stress on basic human needs, physiologic and psychologic health and illness, and the family.
5. Describe factors that affect stress and adaptation.
6. Compare and contrast developmental and situational stress, incorporating the concepts of physiologic and psychosocial stressors.
7. Describe nursing care involved with client’s experiencing different stressors