NUR 162 Exam 2
- Anxiety
Answer Vague feeling of dread or apprehension, it id a response to external or internal stimuli that can have behavioral, emotional, cognitive, or physical symptoms. Distinguished by fear.
- Fear
Answer Feeling of being afraid or threatened by a clearly identifiable external stimulus that represents danger to a person.
- Anxiety is in life, but can cause many functions
Answer unavoidable, positive
- Positive functions of anxiety
Answer Motivating a person to solve problems or to resolve a crisis.
- Anxiety is considered
Answer Normal
- Anxiety disorders
Answer Group of conditions that share a key feature of excessive anxiety with ensuring behavioral, emotional, cognitive, and physiological responses.
- Stress
Answer 1 / 4
Wear and tear that life causes on the body. It occurs when a person has difficulty dealing with life situations, problems, and goals.
- Alarm reaction stage
Answer Sends message to the hypothalamus.
- Resistance stage
Answer Everything slows down in the body and high oxygenated blood goes to extremities such as the muscles for fight or flight response.
- Exhaustion stage
Answer When a person responds negatively to anxiety and stress. Emotionally and physically depleted.
- 4 levels of anxiety
Answer Mild. moderate, severe, and panic
- Mild anxiety
Answer Something is different and warrants special attention. Helps the person focus attention to learn, solve problems, think, act, feel, and protect him or herself.
- Mild anxiety often people
Answer Motivates
- Moderate anxiety
Answer Disturbing feeling that something id wrong. Nervous and agitated emotions. Difficulty concentrating independently, but can be redirected. 2 / 4
- With moderate anxiety a pt process information, solve problems, and learn
new things
Answer Can
- Severe anxiety
Answer Pt has troubles thinking and reasoning. Muscles tighten, vital signs increase, pt often paces, is restless, irritable, and has anger.
- You can use - means to release tension for a serve anxiety pt
Answer Emotional psychomotor
- Panic anxiety
Answer Fight, flight, or freeze response. Cognitive process focuses on persons defense. Adrenaline surge greatly which increases vitals and pupils enlarge.
- Panic anxiety main concern
Answer Safety
- How to work with anxious pts
Answer Be aware of your own anxiety level, assess pts anxiety, lower pt's anxiety to moderate or mild before educating
- What kind of sentences do you use when working with an anxious pt?
Answer -
Short, simple, and easy to understand sentences. 3 / 4
- What voice do you use for anxious pts?
Answer Low, calm, and soothing voice
- What meds do you give for anxiety?
Answer Short term use of anxiolytics
- A pt with panic anxiety cannot
Answer perceive potential harm and may not have the capacity for rational thinking.
- Goal for panic anxiety enviorment
Answer Small, quiet, non stimulating room. MUST BE SAFE!!
- How long does panic anxiety last?
- to 30 minutes
Answer
- Most common medication class used for anxiety?
Answer Benzodiazepines
- Benzodiazepines have a high risk for
Answer Abuse and dependence
- Benzodiazepines should only be used for
Answer
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