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Which assessment question is most likely to allow the nurse to differentiate between anxiety disorder due to a general medical condition and psychological factors affecting a medical condition? - Answer-Establishing whether the client's anxiety preceded the medical problem or whether the medical pr...

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Chapter 14 Anxiety and Anxiety
Disorders Exam Questions with Latest
Update
Which assessment question is most likely to allow the nurse to differentiate between
anxiety disorder due to a general medical condition and psychological factors affecting a
medical condition? - Answer-Establishing whether the client's anxiety preceded the
medical problem or whether the medical problem appeared first

A nursing instructor is describing the care of a client with acute anxiety to a class of
nursing students. The instructor determines that more education is necessary when the
students identify which intervention as appropriate? - Answer-Providing the client with a
comforting touch

Which should be included in a teaching plan for a client prescribed a benzodiazepine? -
Answer-Rise slowly from a lying or sitting position

A 30-year-old client who has been unemployed secondary to anxiety disorder states
that the client would like to have a job where the client is alone and no one needs to
evaluate the client's work. The nurse interprets these comments as an indicator of
what? - Answer-Social phobia

Which medication classification has been used to treat social phobia? - Answer-
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)

A young parent tells the nurse, "I can't stop smoking. That is what I do to make myself
feel better." What is the term used to describe this behavior? - Answer-Coping
mechanism

A client has sought treatment because of the overwhelming anxiety the client
experiences regarding the safety of the client's young children. The client admits that
the client will not normally let the client's children leave the client's sight for fear that
they will be abducted, abused, or injured. The client is unable to function at work as a
result of this anxiety. The nurse would recognize that this client experiences which
condition? - Answer-Anticipatory anxiety

In teaching a client who has been prescribed a benzodiazepine for panic disorder, the
nurse must be certain to do what? - Answer-Educate the client that this medication has
a high risk for withdrawal symptoms, and the client should not discontinue without a
doctor's supervision.

Humans are able to adapt to physiological and psychological threats. Which is key to a
person's adaptation to these situations? - Answer-Coping mechanisms

, A nurse is seeing a client who is experiencing symptoms of moderate anxiety. She tells
the nurse she and her parents disagree over her sexual orientation. Which theory would
best explain the course of the client's anxiety? - Answer-interpersonal

Which is considered a tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) used in the treatment of clients
with panic disorder? - Answer-Imipramine

A nurse is caring for a client who has panic attack. The nurse takes the client in a small,
isolated room. How would this intervention benefit the client? Choose the best answer. -
Answer-The client would have an enhanced sense of security.

What is the term for the change that takes place in response to a stressor? - Answer-
Adaptation

Which condition involves a persistent, irrational fear attached to an object or situation
that objectively does not pose a significant danger? - Answer-Specific phobia

Which medication classifications used in the treatment of panic disorder can cause
physical dependence? - Answer-Benzodiazepines

The nurse is assessing a client and finds two enlarged supraclavicular lymph nodes.
The nurse asks the client how long these enlarged nodes have been there. The client
states, "I can't remember. A long time I think. Do I have cancer?" The nurse is aware
that that body responds to stress. Which is an immediate physiologic response to stress
the nurse would expect to see in this client? - Answer-Increased blood pressure

When a parent observes the parent's young child heading toward a busy road the
parent becomes stressed, feeling the parent's heart pounding, breathing heavily, and
hands becoming wet with perspiration. Which physiological system is activated with the
parent's "fight or flight" reaction to this danger? - Answer-Sympathetic nervous system

A client with generalized anxiety disorder states that the client is worried about the
client's job. The client never feels like the client has control over the client's
responsibilities, even though the client puts in extra hours. The client adds that the client
is afraid the client will be fired. Which response by the nurse is most therapeutic? -
Answer-"Has something changed at work that is causing you to worry?"

A client is currently experiencing panic. Which action would be most appropriate for the
nurse to do? - Answer-Allow the client to pace

A client comes in for a therapy session and begins to have a panic attack. The therapist
asks the client to sit in the chair and then gently asks the client to imagine the client in a
very safe and calm place. This technique, often useful in anxiety disorders, is called
what? - Answer-Guided imagery

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