Chapter 68, Caring for Clients With Anxiety Disorders.

1.Building trust is especially critical to developing a therapeutic relationship with an anxious client. Which of the following interventions contributes to this trust? A) Leave the client alone during a new experience. B) Give support in nonverbal ways. C) Be available and attentive to the client's requirements. D) Give detailed explanations and do not repeat them frequently. Ans: C Feedback: Building trust is especially critical to developing a therapeutic relationship with an anxious client. Being available and attentive to the client's requirements contributes to this trust. The nurse should not leave an anxious client alone, especially during a new or potentially frightening experience. To manage an anxious client's restricted attention and concentration, directions or explanations must be simple, brief, and repeated frequently to implement adjusting teaching. 2.Clients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) may be concerned about which of the following signs and symptoms? A) Fear of situations in which they may capture the attention of others B) Delayed anxiety response C) Psychic numbing D) Performing ritualistic behaviors Ans: D Feedback: Clients with OCD may feel compelled to perform the same act repeatedly for a specific number of times or in a prescribed sequence and acknowledge performing ritualistic behaviors. Persons with social phobia experience fear of situations in which they may capture the attention of others. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a condition that involves a delayed anxiety response. Initially, the affected person avoids dealing with the tragedy and detaches from others using a technique that is referred to as psychic numbing. 3.Which level of anxie