NSG 322 TOPIC 3 STRESS
• What are the 4 cardinal symptoms of PTSD?
Answer:
- Re-experiencing symptoms(flashbacks, nightmares, frightening thoughts)
- Avoidance behaviors (staying away from triggers, feeling emotionally numb, feeling guilt or
depression, losing interest in activities, having trouble remember the dangerous event.
- Negative changes in mood or cognition
- Altered arousal / activity
• What is a common S/S in children 6 and younger with PTSD?
Answer: Regression
• A type of PTSD after a client has been raped or sexually assaulted
Answer:
Rape
Trauma
Syndrome
• What are psychotherapy treatments for PTSD?
Answer: exposure therapy, cognitiverestructuring (helps makes sense of bad memories),
stress inoculation training (helps look at memories in a healthy way), and EMDR (eye
movement desensitization and reprocessing)
• What medications are used for PTSD?
Answer: •SSRI's: Medications can help withreducing anxiety and controlling obsessive
thinking
Prazosin: Found to lessen the severity & frequency of PSTD-related nightmares
• True or False
Exposure therapy can be facilitated by a nurse
Answer: False
• Type of rapid eye movement therapy used to process raw emotions fromtrauma. utilizing
lateral eye movement which helps to transfer information from the amygdala to the
hippocampus to complete the processing of the trauma.
Answer: Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing
• Feeling detached from one's body, such as an "out of body" experience
Answer: -Depersonalization
, • Feeling like the world is not real or is far away (detachment from one'ssurroundings)
Answer: Derealization
• A disconnect between a person's thoughts, memories, feelings, actions, orthoughts on one
self
Answer: Dissociation
• True or False.
People with depersonalization or derealization disorder lose contact withreality
Answer: FALSE they do not lose contact with reality
• True or False
In depersonalization and derealization, reality remains intact
Answer: True
• What are treatment options for depersonalization and derealization?
Answer:
- CBT
- Hypnosis (sometimes)
- Meds (RARE)
• Psychologically induced memory loss and inability to recall importantpersonal
information after a severe stressor
Answer: Dissociative Amnesia
• What are treatment options for dissociative amnesia?
Answer:
- CBT
- Family treatment
- Hypnosis
• Sudden temporary loss of personal identity and impulsively traveling
Answer: Dis-sociative amnesia with fugue
• What are some relaxation techniques used for stress reduction?
Answer: meditation,prayer, mindfulness, deep breathing, perform physical activity, seek
social supportfrom family and friends, and aerobic exercises
• What is eustress?
Answer: normal and beneficial stress. It motivates people to developthe skills they need to
solve problems and meet personal goals
• What are the 4 cardinal symptoms of PTSD?
Answer:
- Re-experiencing symptoms(flashbacks, nightmares, frightening thoughts)
- Avoidance behaviors (staying away from triggers, feeling emotionally numb, feeling guilt or
depression, losing interest in activities, having trouble remember the dangerous event.
- Negative changes in mood or cognition
- Altered arousal / activity
• What is a common S/S in children 6 and younger with PTSD?
Answer: Regression
• A type of PTSD after a client has been raped or sexually assaulted
Answer:
Rape
Trauma
Syndrome
• What are psychotherapy treatments for PTSD?
Answer: exposure therapy, cognitiverestructuring (helps makes sense of bad memories),
stress inoculation training (helps look at memories in a healthy way), and EMDR (eye
movement desensitization and reprocessing)
• What medications are used for PTSD?
Answer: •SSRI's: Medications can help withreducing anxiety and controlling obsessive
thinking
Prazosin: Found to lessen the severity & frequency of PSTD-related nightmares
• True or False
Exposure therapy can be facilitated by a nurse
Answer: False
• Type of rapid eye movement therapy used to process raw emotions fromtrauma. utilizing
lateral eye movement which helps to transfer information from the amygdala to the
hippocampus to complete the processing of the trauma.
Answer: Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing
• Feeling detached from one's body, such as an "out of body" experience
Answer: -Depersonalization
, • Feeling like the world is not real or is far away (detachment from one'ssurroundings)
Answer: Derealization
• A disconnect between a person's thoughts, memories, feelings, actions, orthoughts on one
self
Answer: Dissociation
• True or False.
People with depersonalization or derealization disorder lose contact withreality
Answer: FALSE they do not lose contact with reality
• True or False
In depersonalization and derealization, reality remains intact
Answer: True
• What are treatment options for depersonalization and derealization?
Answer:
- CBT
- Hypnosis (sometimes)
- Meds (RARE)
• Psychologically induced memory loss and inability to recall importantpersonal
information after a severe stressor
Answer: Dissociative Amnesia
• What are treatment options for dissociative amnesia?
Answer:
- CBT
- Family treatment
- Hypnosis
• Sudden temporary loss of personal identity and impulsively traveling
Answer: Dis-sociative amnesia with fugue
• What are some relaxation techniques used for stress reduction?
Answer: meditation,prayer, mindfulness, deep breathing, perform physical activity, seek
social supportfrom family and friends, and aerobic exercises
• What is eustress?
Answer: normal and beneficial stress. It motivates people to developthe skills they need to
solve problems and meet personal goals
