TRAUMA & STRESSOR-RELATED DISORDERS
An event that is extraordinary in intensity or severity and overwhelms a person's ability to cope.
What is Trauma
A natural response to stress that alerts the body to a perceived threat.
What is Anxiety
A recurrent, persistent, intrusive, and unwanted thought, image, or impulse that causes anxiety or distress.
What is an obsession?
How long after trauma can PTSD develop according to the lecture?
What is at least 3 months
Name one emotional or behavioral manifestation that may occur after trauma.
What is anxiety, depression, withdrawal, irritability, anger, or avoidance.
What are the four levels of anxiety?
What is Mild, moderate, severe, and panic.
A repetitive behavior or mental act performed to decrease the anxiety caused by an obsession.
What is a compulsion?
To help the client reconnect with the present moment during dissociation, flashbacks, or overwhelming anxiety.
What is the purpose of grounding techniques?
A state of chronic physical and mental overactivation in which the nervous system remains in a fight-or-flight state.
What is hyperarousal
What happens during the alarm stage of Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome?
What is fight or flight response
Excessive concern about a perceived flaw in appearance that may be minor or not noticeable to others
What is body dysmorphic disorder?
A client is experiencing a severe flashback and becomes extremely distressed. What should the nurse focus on first?
What is Safety and stabilization.
A disconnection from thoughts, feelings, memories, identity, or surroundings.
What is dissociation?
A client is experiencing panic-level anxiety. What is the nursing priority?
What is Safety
A patient is experiencing Obsession → Anxiety → Compulsion → Temporary relief → Anxiety returns → Compulsion repeats.
What is the basic OCD cycle
A client with a fear of dogs begins by looking at a picture of a dog, then watches a video, observes a dog from a distance, and eventually interacts with one. What treatment technique is being demonstrated?
What is Systematic desensitization using gradual exposure and relaxation.
A client hears a loud noise and suddenly feels as if a previous traumatic event is happening again. What PTSD symptom is this?
What is Reexperiencing or a flashback.
What is the purpose of the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A)?
What is the severity of Anxiety Symptoms
A behavioral treatment in which the client is gradually exposed to the feared situation or thought while learning not to perform the usual compulsion.
What is Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)?
A client says, "I'm back there again. I can see everything happening." What should the nurse say
Use calm grounding and reality orientation, such as:
"You are here in the hospital. Look around the room and tell me three things you see."