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100
Name 3 symptoms in a person experiencing panic
-Choking -Labored breathing -Pounding heart -Chest pain -Blurred vision -Fear of dying -Dizziness -Nausea
100
Inability to recall important personal information because it provokes anxiety is what disorder?
Dissociative Amnesia
100
What are 3 interventions that you could implement for the person experiencing anxiety?
-Provide a calm environment and decrease environmental stimuli -Stay with the client -Help the client identify the causes of their anxiety -Listen to the client for expressions of helplessness and hopelessness
100
After experiencing a psychologically traumatic event, the individual is prone to re-experience the event in dreams or flashbacks. Name the disorder.
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
100
Preoccupation with a fear of having a serious disease is...
Hypochondriasis
200
Name 3 symptoms associated with PTSD
-Detachment -Depression -Sleep disturbances or nightmares -Hypervigilance -Guilt about surviving the event -Anxiety -Flashbacks of event -Emotional numbness
200
What defense mechanisms are commonly used in individuals with a phobia?
Repression and displacement
200
Name 3 interventions you can implement with an individual suffering from a phobia
-Identify the basis of the anxiety -Allow the client to verbalize feelings about the anxiety producing onject or situation -Teach relaxation techniques -Promote desensitization by slowly introducing the client to the feared object or situation in small doses
200
What is it called when you have an irrational fear of an object or situation that persists although the person amy recognize it as unreasonable?
Phobia
200
A client assumes a new identity in a new environment...this is known as
Dissociative Fugue
300
Name 3 assessment findings you would expect to find in the client displaying mania
-Unlimited energy -Restlessness -Sexually promiscuous behavior -Significant decrease in appetite -Inapporpriate dress -Drandiose and persecutory delusions
300
How long do anxiety attacks last?
5-30 minutes
300
Name 3 interventions for the client with somatiform disorder
-Obtain a nursing histroy and assess for physical problems -Convey understanding that the physical symptoms are real to the client while still assuring them that physical illness has been ruled out -Find out the cause of their anxiety -Encourage the use of relaxation techniques -Encourage diversional activities -Administer pain medicine -Administer anti-anxiety medicine
300
Preoccupation with persistently intrusive thoughts and ideas describes what disorder?
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
300
What can cause an individual with multiple personality disorder to switch into another personality?
Stress or a traumatic event
400
Name 3 stressors for PTSD
-Natural disaster -Combat experiences -Accidents -Crime or violence -Sexual, physical, or emotional abuse
400
At which stage of anxiety does the individual have an impending sense of doom? Mild, moderate, severe, or panic?
Panic
400
Name 3 interventions for the client with paranoia
-Assess for suicide risk -Avoid direct eye contact -Promote increased self esteem -Provide a daily schedule of activities -Gradually introduce the client to groups -Do not whisper in the client's presence -Limit physical contact
400
This disorder is characterized by persistent worry or complaints concerning reoccuring physical findings.
Somatoform Disorder
400
Which type of anxiety persissts as a characteristic response to daily activities? Acute, normal, or chronic?
Chronic
500
Upon assessing a client with dissociative amnesia you note the can recall some but not all memories about a specific time period. What type of amnesia is this?
Selective
500
Which type of somatoform disorder consists of a physical symptom that is often shown to be only psychological?
Somatization Disorder
500
Name 3 interventions for the client with dementia/alzheimer's disease.
-Identify and reinforce retained skills -Orient the client to the environment -Help the client maintain independence -Avoid activities that tax the memory -Ask only one question at a time -Allow the client plenty of time to complete a task -Speak slowly and clearly, using short words and simple sentences
500
A disruption in negative functions of memory, conciousness, or identity is a finding of what disorder?
Dissociative Disorder
500
Distorted perception of the environment, fragmentation of thoughts, magical thinking, echolalia, and neologisms are findings in a person with what disorder?
Schizophrenia