Anxiety Terms To Know
Feeling of terror in response to someone or something specific that a person perceives as dangerous or threatening.
What is Fear?
This level of anxiety is constructive and prepares a person to take action in appropriate situations.
What is Mild anxiety?
Characterized by chronic worrying on a daily basis for 6 or more months; usually more than one focus of worry.
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder or GAD?
Drugs that relieve the symptoms of anxiety. Sometimes referred to as minor tranquilizers.
What are Anxiolytics?
The nursing process where the nurse observes patient pacing, talking excessively, complaining, crying, and/or being withdrawn.
What is the Assessment process?
a vague, uneasy feeling, the cause of which is not readily identifiable.
What is Anxiety?
In this level the person is more easily distracted. Muscles are tense. Slight leg or hand tremors may occur.
What is Moderate anxiety?
The most extreme manifestation of anxiety where the person may experience tachycardia, palpitations, and chest pain and it may last from minutes to an hour.
What is Panic disorder?
OCD seems to respond to the administration of this class of drug?
What is SSRIs? (Zoloft, Paxil, Prozac, Celexa, etc.)
This should be included in the complete current medication history.
What are Prescription & Non-Prescription drugs?
a fear of experiencing a panic attack in a place where the person may be publicly humiliated by their behavior or help may be unavailabe.
What is Agoraphobia?
In this level the ability to learn is impaired. Effort is needed to control emotions. Fine motor movement is impaired. Communication is limited.
What is Severe anxiety?
A form of phobic disorder where the person fears those situations in which they must perform in front of or may capture the attention of others.
What is Social phobia?
Xanax, Librium, Klonopin, Valium, Ativan, and Serax are all in which anxiolytics class?
What are Benzodiapepines?
Acute/Chronic Anxiety: Related to unrealistic perceptions concerning personal performance.
What is nursing diagnosis?
Involves providing emotional support while gradually exposing a person to whatever it is that provokes anxiety.
What is Desensitization?
In this level a person will exaggerate details. Thoughts are fragmented. Movements are haphazard, usually in an effort to escape.
What is Panic anxiety?
A condition that involves a delayed anxiety response 3 or more months after an emotionally traumatic experience.
What is PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)?
This drug class is used to treat anxiety and also to control hypertension in people with elevated blood pressure.
What is Central-acting sympatholytics?
The client's anxiety will return to a tolerable level.
What is Expected Outcome?
Long term use of benzodiazepines results in physical dependence and __________ (increasingly larger dosages required to obtain the desired effect).
What is Tolerance?
These are the symptoms of the Panic level of anxiety. Name 3 of the 4 symptoms.
What is dyspnea, fainting, tremors, and diaphoresis?
Manifested by the performance of an anxiety-relieving ritual to terminate a disturbing, persistent, and recurring thought.
What is OCD (Obsessive-compulsive disorder)?
This category of drugs does not cause sedation, tolerance, or addiction but do lower blood pressure and subsequently can cause episodes of dizziness or fainting when the client rises quickly from a lying or sitting position.
What are Beta-Adrenergic Blockers?
The nurse educates the client with anxiety to avoid this ingredient in drinks and food because it contributes to the physiologic stimulation experienced by anxiety.
What is caffeine?