1
RNSG-1128 Exam 1 Questions with Answers (100%
Correct Answers)
Acute Grief Answer: Begins immediately after the death of a loved one
and includes the separation response and response to stress.
Agoraphobia Answer: Severe anxiety and fear
Anxiety Answer: A vague uneasy feeling of discomfort or dread, an
emotional response to a treat. The source is often nonspecific or
unknown. It is a feeling of apprehension caused by anticipating
danger.
Compassion Fatigue Answer: A state of chromic and continuous self-
sacrifice and/or prolonged exposure to difficult situations that affect a
health care professional's physical, emotional and spiritual well-being.
Coping Answer: An ever-changing process involving cognitive means
and behavioral actions to manage internal and/or external situations
that are perceived as difficult and/or beyond the individual's current
resources.
© 2025 All rights reserved
, 2
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) Answer: Excessive uncontrolled
worries most days causing sleep disturbances, irritability, fatigue and
restlessness for at least 6 mos.
Grief Answer: The emotional response to a loss, defined as the
individualized and personalized feelings and responses that an
individual makes to real, perceived or anticipated loss.
Maladaptive Coping Answer: Ways a person uses to attempt to reduce
their stress or anxiety, but in an ineffective, unhealthy way.
Perceived Controllability Answer: When someone believes or is
heavily influenced by his or her culture, that in general, personal
action controls outcomes. A situation itself may or may not be
perceived as stressful, depending on one's culture, and the response to
an event is often culturally based.
Psychosomatic Symptoms Answer: Clients who do not cope well with
stress or emotions develop physical symptoms that are real as a means
of coping.
Selective Mutism Answer: Anxiety disorder characterized by a
person's inability to speak in certain social settings such as at a school,
© 2025 All rights reserved
RNSG-1128 Exam 1 Questions with Answers (100%
Correct Answers)
Acute Grief Answer: Begins immediately after the death of a loved one
and includes the separation response and response to stress.
Agoraphobia Answer: Severe anxiety and fear
Anxiety Answer: A vague uneasy feeling of discomfort or dread, an
emotional response to a treat. The source is often nonspecific or
unknown. It is a feeling of apprehension caused by anticipating
danger.
Compassion Fatigue Answer: A state of chromic and continuous self-
sacrifice and/or prolonged exposure to difficult situations that affect a
health care professional's physical, emotional and spiritual well-being.
Coping Answer: An ever-changing process involving cognitive means
and behavioral actions to manage internal and/or external situations
that are perceived as difficult and/or beyond the individual's current
resources.
© 2025 All rights reserved
, 2
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) Answer: Excessive uncontrolled
worries most days causing sleep disturbances, irritability, fatigue and
restlessness for at least 6 mos.
Grief Answer: The emotional response to a loss, defined as the
individualized and personalized feelings and responses that an
individual makes to real, perceived or anticipated loss.
Maladaptive Coping Answer: Ways a person uses to attempt to reduce
their stress or anxiety, but in an ineffective, unhealthy way.
Perceived Controllability Answer: When someone believes or is
heavily influenced by his or her culture, that in general, personal
action controls outcomes. A situation itself may or may not be
perceived as stressful, depending on one's culture, and the response to
an event is often culturally based.
Psychosomatic Symptoms Answer: Clients who do not cope well with
stress or emotions develop physical symptoms that are real as a means
of coping.
Selective Mutism Answer: Anxiety disorder characterized by a
person's inability to speak in certain social settings such as at a school,
© 2025 All rights reserved
