Final Exam: NSG 322/ NSG322 (Latest 2024/ 2025
Update) Behavioral Health Nursing Review | Qs & As |
100% Correct| Grade A (Verified Answers)- GCU
Description of Anxiety - ANSWER- normal response to stress
- subjective experience that includes feelings of apprehension, uneasiness,
uncertainty, or dread
- occurs as result of threat that may be misperceived or misinterpreted or threat to
identity or self-esteem
- may result when values are threatened, or preceding new experiences
Types of Anxiety - ANSWER- Normal: healthy type of anxiety
- Acute: precipitated by imminent loss or change that threatens one's sense of
security
- Chronic: persists as characteristic response to daily activities
Mild Level of Anxiety - ANSWER- associated with tense experiences that occur in
everyday life
- individual is alert
- perceptual field is increased
- can be motivating, produce growth, enhance creativity, and increase learning
Moderate Level of Anxiety - ANSWER- focus is on immediate concerns
- narrows perceptual field
- selective inattentiveness occurs
- learning and problem solving still occur
Severe Level of Anxiety - ANSWER- a feeling that something bad is going to happen
- significant narrowing in perceptual field occurs
- focus is on minute or scattered details
- learning and problem solving are not possible
- individual needs direction to focus
Panic Level of Anxiety - ANSWER- associated with dread and terror and sense of
impending doom
- personality is disorganized
- individual is unable to communicate or function effectively
- increased motor activity occurs
- loss of rational thought with distorted perception occurs
- inability to concentrate occurs
- if prolonged, can lead to exhaustion and death
Interventions: General Nursing Measures for Anxiety - ANSWER1. Recognize the
anxiety
2. Establish trust
3. Protect client
, 4. Modify environment by setting limits or limiting interaction with others
5. Do not criticize coping mechanisms
6. Provide creative outlets
7. Monitor for signs of impending destructive behavior
8. Promote relaxation techniques, such as breathing exercises or guided imagery
9. Monitor vital signs, and administer antianxiety medications as prescribed
10. Do not force client into situations that provoke anxiety
Interventions: Mild to Moderate levels of Anxiety - ANSWER1. Help client to identify
anxiety
2. Encourage client to talk about feeling
3. Help client to identify thoughts and feelings that occurred before solving
4. Encourage problem solving
5. Encourage gross motor exercise
Interventions: Severe to Panic levels of Anxiety - ANSWER1. Reduce anxiety quickly
2. Use calm manner
3. Always remain with client
4. Minimize environmental stimuli
5. Provide clear, simple statements
6. Use low-pitched voice
7. Attend to physical needs of client
8. Provide gross motor activity
9. Administer antianxiety medications as prescribed
Description of Generalized Anxiety Disorder - ANSWER- an unrealistic anxiety about
everyday worries that persists over time and is not associated with another
psychiatric or mental disorder
- physical symptoms occur
Assessment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder - ANSWER- restlessness and inability to
relax
- episodes of trembling and shakiness
- chronic muscular tension
- dizziness
- inability to concentrate
- chronic fatigue and sleep problems
- inability to recognize connection between anxiety and physical symptoms
- client is focused on physical discomfort
Description of Unexpected and Expected Panic Attacks - ANSWER- produces sudden
onset of feelings of intense apprehension and dread
- cause usually cannot be identified
- severe, recurrent, intermittent anxiety attacks lasting 5 to 30 minutes occur
Assessment of Unexpected and Expected Panic Attacks - ANSWER- choking sensation
- labored breathing
Update) Behavioral Health Nursing Review | Qs & As |
100% Correct| Grade A (Verified Answers)- GCU
Description of Anxiety - ANSWER- normal response to stress
- subjective experience that includes feelings of apprehension, uneasiness,
uncertainty, or dread
- occurs as result of threat that may be misperceived or misinterpreted or threat to
identity or self-esteem
- may result when values are threatened, or preceding new experiences
Types of Anxiety - ANSWER- Normal: healthy type of anxiety
- Acute: precipitated by imminent loss or change that threatens one's sense of
security
- Chronic: persists as characteristic response to daily activities
Mild Level of Anxiety - ANSWER- associated with tense experiences that occur in
everyday life
- individual is alert
- perceptual field is increased
- can be motivating, produce growth, enhance creativity, and increase learning
Moderate Level of Anxiety - ANSWER- focus is on immediate concerns
- narrows perceptual field
- selective inattentiveness occurs
- learning and problem solving still occur
Severe Level of Anxiety - ANSWER- a feeling that something bad is going to happen
- significant narrowing in perceptual field occurs
- focus is on minute or scattered details
- learning and problem solving are not possible
- individual needs direction to focus
Panic Level of Anxiety - ANSWER- associated with dread and terror and sense of
impending doom
- personality is disorganized
- individual is unable to communicate or function effectively
- increased motor activity occurs
- loss of rational thought with distorted perception occurs
- inability to concentrate occurs
- if prolonged, can lead to exhaustion and death
Interventions: General Nursing Measures for Anxiety - ANSWER1. Recognize the
anxiety
2. Establish trust
3. Protect client
, 4. Modify environment by setting limits or limiting interaction with others
5. Do not criticize coping mechanisms
6. Provide creative outlets
7. Monitor for signs of impending destructive behavior
8. Promote relaxation techniques, such as breathing exercises or guided imagery
9. Monitor vital signs, and administer antianxiety medications as prescribed
10. Do not force client into situations that provoke anxiety
Interventions: Mild to Moderate levels of Anxiety - ANSWER1. Help client to identify
anxiety
2. Encourage client to talk about feeling
3. Help client to identify thoughts and feelings that occurred before solving
4. Encourage problem solving
5. Encourage gross motor exercise
Interventions: Severe to Panic levels of Anxiety - ANSWER1. Reduce anxiety quickly
2. Use calm manner
3. Always remain with client
4. Minimize environmental stimuli
5. Provide clear, simple statements
6. Use low-pitched voice
7. Attend to physical needs of client
8. Provide gross motor activity
9. Administer antianxiety medications as prescribed
Description of Generalized Anxiety Disorder - ANSWER- an unrealistic anxiety about
everyday worries that persists over time and is not associated with another
psychiatric or mental disorder
- physical symptoms occur
Assessment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder - ANSWER- restlessness and inability to
relax
- episodes of trembling and shakiness
- chronic muscular tension
- dizziness
- inability to concentrate
- chronic fatigue and sleep problems
- inability to recognize connection between anxiety and physical symptoms
- client is focused on physical discomfort
Description of Unexpected and Expected Panic Attacks - ANSWER- produces sudden
onset of feelings of intense apprehension and dread
- cause usually cannot be identified
- severe, recurrent, intermittent anxiety attacks lasting 5 to 30 minutes occur
Assessment of Unexpected and Expected Panic Attacks - ANSWER- choking sensation
- labored breathing
