Anxiety Disorders Practice Exam
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A client has been diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive anxiety disorder.
The nurse would expect to find which of the following clinical
manifestations?
A) Avoidance
B) Persistent unwanted thoughts
C) Feeling of suffocation
D) Flashbacks - ✔✔B) Persistent unwanted thoughts
A client becomes very anxious when riding in an elevator, which is going to
the 12th floor. This would be documented as which of the following types of
phobia?
A) Arachnophobia
B) Acrophobia
C) Microphobia
D) Pyrophobia - ✔✔B) Acrophobia
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, A soldier has been back from Iraq for two weeks. He is being seen in the
outpatient mental health clinic due to complaints of inability to sleep,
nightmares, and flashbacks. The nurse would expect the client to be
diagnosed with which of the following?
A) Generalized anxiety disorder
B) Obsessive-compulsive disorder
C) Posttraumatic stress disorder
D) Social phobia - ✔✔C) Posttraumatic stress disorder
A client has been diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder. In order to
establish a nurseclient relationship, which of the following steps is most
important?
A) Identify the problem
B) Begin psychotherapy
C) Determine social support
D) Lower the clients anxiety level - ✔✔D) Lower the clients anxiety level
A client diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder is constantly
checking the oven to make sure it is off. This is an example of which type of
obsessive thought content?
A) Contamination
B) Repeated doubts
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Questions and Answers 100% Solved
A client has been diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive anxiety disorder.
The nurse would expect to find which of the following clinical
manifestations?
A) Avoidance
B) Persistent unwanted thoughts
C) Feeling of suffocation
D) Flashbacks - ✔✔B) Persistent unwanted thoughts
A client becomes very anxious when riding in an elevator, which is going to
the 12th floor. This would be documented as which of the following types of
phobia?
A) Arachnophobia
B) Acrophobia
C) Microphobia
D) Pyrophobia - ✔✔B) Acrophobia
1
©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
, A soldier has been back from Iraq for two weeks. He is being seen in the
outpatient mental health clinic due to complaints of inability to sleep,
nightmares, and flashbacks. The nurse would expect the client to be
diagnosed with which of the following?
A) Generalized anxiety disorder
B) Obsessive-compulsive disorder
C) Posttraumatic stress disorder
D) Social phobia - ✔✔C) Posttraumatic stress disorder
A client has been diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder. In order to
establish a nurseclient relationship, which of the following steps is most
important?
A) Identify the problem
B) Begin psychotherapy
C) Determine social support
D) Lower the clients anxiety level - ✔✔D) Lower the clients anxiety level
A client diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder is constantly
checking the oven to make sure it is off. This is an example of which type of
obsessive thought content?
A) Contamination
B) Repeated doubts
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