Teaching the elderly stress reduction.
1. Psychological or physiological stressors cause changes within the body through the action of the hypothalamus. 2. There are several techniques for stress management, including progressive muscle relaxation and guided imagery. 3. The nurse can teach stress management techniques to the elderly using teaching modifications to respond to changes due to aging. 4. The nurse can teach stress management in various settings to clients who have a nursing diagnosis such as anxiety, alteration in comfort, or sleep pattern disturbance.
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D000368:Aged; D005851:Geriatric Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination; D009126:Muscle Relaxation; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000517:prevention & control*