title: Strategies for promoting stress reduction and relaxation.
abstract: Stress is a phenomenon associated with modern society. It is becoming increasingly more evident that stress results in physical symptomatology and eventual disease. Roy's adaptation model provides a framework to help nurses understand human adaptive responses and interventions that can be used to foster adaptation and minimize stress. Regardless of the presenting reason for nursing intervention, stress-reducing interventions in addition to disease-specific aspects of care can be initiated to augment nursing treatment and foster health promotion.
authors.affiliation: University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Peddicord
mesh_terms: D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000379:methods*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012064:Relaxation Therapy; D012649:Self Concept; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*