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NUR 2459 RASMUSSEN MENTAL HEALTH EXAM 1 MODULES 1-3 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ LATEST UPDATE.
1. What are the different levels of Anxiety: mild moderate,
severe, panic
*Most common mental disorder in America
2. Whatare mild anxiety and its physical symptoms?
What is the nurse intervention?: -Can be motivation
-A person display slight discomfort
Nursing intervention:
Stay calm, recognize the distress and be willing to listen
3. What are moderate anxiety and its physical symptoms
what is the nursing intervention?: -Less alert
-Physical symptoms: tension, pounding heart, increase pulse
-Intervention: Stay calm, be willing to listen. *Move client to a much quiet
room, keep them safe*
4. What is Severe anxiety and it physical symptoms what
is the nursing intervention?: -Attention span is limited
-physical symptoms: headache, nausea dizziness, pounding heart
-hyperventilating
-Intervention:
Move client to a much quiet area and stay with them
5. What is Panic anxiety and it physical symptoms what
is the nursing intervention?: -Most extreme form of anxiety
-May be erratic, impulsive, uncoordinated, misperceptions are common
and loss of reality may occur
-Intervention: maintain a calm manner, alway remain with the person
experiencing an acute severe to panic attack
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*walk with the nurse or using punching bags, anything to distract the
patient
6. What is the difference between mental health and mental
illness?: Mental health - ability to engage in productive activities and
enjoy relationships
Mental illness- Changes with culture, time in history and the group
defining it
7. What is a biological intervention treatment?: a type of
treatment used to stimulate or restore the ability of the body's
immune system.
-
8. examples of psychotherapy: behavioral therapy, cognitive
therapy, didactical behavior therapy
based on a verbal therapist to client interaction
9. explain what behavioral therapy is.: aims to modify
maladaptive behavior patterns.
based that a behavior is learned and has consequences and abnormal
behavior results from an attempt to avoid painful feelings and reduce
anxiety.
10. explain what cognitive therapy is.: focuses on individual client
thoughts and behaviors to solve current problems.
Based on changing the way one thinks.
11. explain what cognitive behavioral therapy is (CBT): uses
both cognitive and behavioral approaches to assist a client with anxiety
management.
12. explain what family therapy is: therapy based on family
dynamics and im- proving family functioning by learning the ways for
dealing with mental illness in the family, improving understanding
among family members, maximizing positive interaction with family
members.
13. explain what milieu therapy is: creates an environment that is
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supportive and therapeutic and safe to benefit clients and promote
coping within a safe place.
14. explain what group therapy is: therapy focused on helping
individuals devel- op more functional and satisfying reactions within a
group setting with common feelings, experiences and thoughts that
lead to positive behavior changes from interaction and feedback.
15. what types of disorders can ECT help with?: Used as a last
resort in depression, mania, schizophrenia, and psychosis when
medication and treatment has failed.
16. which two defense mechanisms are always healthy?:
alturism and subli- mation
17. explain
altruism: dealing with anxiety by reaching out for others
18. example of altruism: It is very cold and a man takes off his
jacket and gives it to someone who cannot afford a coat.
19. explain compensation: covering up a real or perceived
weakness by empha- sizing a trait one considered more desirable
20. example of compensation: Someone who is too small to make
the wrestling team becomes a talented member of the debating team.
21. explain denial: refusing to acknowledge the existence of a real
situation or feelings associated.
22. example of denial: A woman who drinks alcohol daily, refuses to
acknowledge she has a problem.
NUR 2459 RASMUSSEN MENTAL HEALTH EXAM 1 MODULES 1-3 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ LATEST UPDATE.
1. What are the different levels of Anxiety: mild moderate,
severe, panic
*Most common mental disorder in America
2. Whatare mild anxiety and its physical symptoms?
What is the nurse intervention?: -Can be motivation
-A person display slight discomfort
Nursing intervention:
Stay calm, recognize the distress and be willing to listen
3. What are moderate anxiety and its physical symptoms
what is the nursing intervention?: -Less alert
-Physical symptoms: tension, pounding heart, increase pulse
-Intervention: Stay calm, be willing to listen. *Move client to a much quiet
room, keep them safe*
4. What is Severe anxiety and it physical symptoms what
is the nursing intervention?: -Attention span is limited
-physical symptoms: headache, nausea dizziness, pounding heart
-hyperventilating
-Intervention:
Move client to a much quiet area and stay with them
5. What is Panic anxiety and it physical symptoms what
is the nursing intervention?: -Most extreme form of anxiety
-May be erratic, impulsive, uncoordinated, misperceptions are common
and loss of reality may occur
-Intervention: maintain a calm manner, alway remain with the person
experiencing an acute severe to panic attack
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*walk with the nurse or using punching bags, anything to distract the
patient
6. What is the difference between mental health and mental
illness?: Mental health - ability to engage in productive activities and
enjoy relationships
Mental illness- Changes with culture, time in history and the group
defining it
7. What is a biological intervention treatment?: a type of
treatment used to stimulate or restore the ability of the body's
immune system.
-
8. examples of psychotherapy: behavioral therapy, cognitive
therapy, didactical behavior therapy
based on a verbal therapist to client interaction
9. explain what behavioral therapy is.: aims to modify
maladaptive behavior patterns.
based that a behavior is learned and has consequences and abnormal
behavior results from an attempt to avoid painful feelings and reduce
anxiety.
10. explain what cognitive therapy is.: focuses on individual client
thoughts and behaviors to solve current problems.
Based on changing the way one thinks.
11. explain what cognitive behavioral therapy is (CBT): uses
both cognitive and behavioral approaches to assist a client with anxiety
management.
12. explain what family therapy is: therapy based on family
dynamics and im- proving family functioning by learning the ways for
dealing with mental illness in the family, improving understanding
among family members, maximizing positive interaction with family
members.
13. explain what milieu therapy is: creates an environment that is
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supportive and therapeutic and safe to benefit clients and promote
coping within a safe place.
14. explain what group therapy is: therapy focused on helping
individuals devel- op more functional and satisfying reactions within a
group setting with common feelings, experiences and thoughts that
lead to positive behavior changes from interaction and feedback.
15. what types of disorders can ECT help with?: Used as a last
resort in depression, mania, schizophrenia, and psychosis when
medication and treatment has failed.
16. which two defense mechanisms are always healthy?:
alturism and subli- mation
17. explain
altruism: dealing with anxiety by reaching out for others
18. example of altruism: It is very cold and a man takes off his
jacket and gives it to someone who cannot afford a coat.
19. explain compensation: covering up a real or perceived
weakness by empha- sizing a trait one considered more desirable
20. example of compensation: Someone who is too small to make
the wrestling team becomes a talented member of the debating team.
21. explain denial: refusing to acknowledge the existence of a real
situation or feelings associated.
22. example of denial: A woman who drinks alcohol daily, refuses to
acknowledge she has a problem.
