Rasmussen Mental Health Exam 2 questions with
verified answers
Ans✓✓✓
Agoraphobia Ans✓✓✓ An intense, excessive anxiety about or fear of being in
places where they feel vulnerable or unsafe. The feared places or situations are
avoided by the individual in an effort to control anxiety.
Examples:
-Being alone outside the home
-Using public transportation (traveling in a car, bus, or airplane)
-Being in open spaces (bridges, marketplaces, or parking lots)
-Being in an enclosed place (elevators, churches, or theaters)
-Being in a crowd
ANXIETY
Four Cardinal Symptoms of PTSD Ans✓✓✓ Intrusive reexperiencing of the initial
trauma (flashbacks, nightmares, unwanted distressing memories of the event,
feelings of unreality)
• Avoidance (avoid all memories and feelings as well as people or places that
might recall the event)
• Persistent negative alterations in cognitions and mood (distorted cognitions
about themselves and others [fear, guilt] and feelings of detachment)
,• Alteration and arousal and activity (irritability, angry outbursts, self-destructive
behavior, exaggerated startle response, hypervigilance, sleep difficulties)
ANXIETY
Generalized Anxiety Disorder Ans✓✓✓ ANXIETY
Basically, GAD is characterized by excessive, persistent, and uncontrollable
anxiety, and by excessive and constant worrying. It is sometimes referred to as
the "worry disease."
Symptoms lasted for six months
ANXIETY
Medications Ans✓✓✓ **Buspirone (BuSpar) reduces rumination and worry, NOT
ADDICTIVE
• SSRI [escitalopram (Lexapro), paroxetine (Paxil), sertraline (Zoloft), fluoxetine
(Prozac), citalopram (Celexa), fluvoxamine (Luvox)]
• TCA 's [clomipramine (Anafranil), amytriptyline (Elavil), imipramine (Tofranil)]
• Investigational drugs include pregabalin and other anticonvulsants
ANXIETY
Nursing Diagnoses Ans✓✓✓ Anxiety (moderate, severe, panic)
Fear
Ineffective coping
, Social isolation
Self-care deficit
Ineffective role performance
Risk for injury
Disturbed thought process
ANXIETY
Nursing Diagnoses for PTSD Ans✓✓✓ Disturbed thought process
Sleep deprivation r/t nightmares associated with traumatic event
Post-trauma syndrome r/t exposure to traumatic event
***Prioritize nursing diagnoses for PTSD related to safety/violence and self-harm
ANXIETY
Obsessive Compulsion Disorder Ans✓✓✓ Usually begins the late teems or early
twenties and ranges from mild to severe.
Occurs more often in patients with neurological disorder.
ANXIETY
Panic Attack Ans✓✓✓ Sudden onset of extreme apprehension or fear, usually
associated with feelings of impending doom: "I am going to die." Typically, panic
attacks occur suddenly, are extremely intense, and can last for 15 to 30 minutes
before they subside.
verified answers
Ans✓✓✓
Agoraphobia Ans✓✓✓ An intense, excessive anxiety about or fear of being in
places where they feel vulnerable or unsafe. The feared places or situations are
avoided by the individual in an effort to control anxiety.
Examples:
-Being alone outside the home
-Using public transportation (traveling in a car, bus, or airplane)
-Being in open spaces (bridges, marketplaces, or parking lots)
-Being in an enclosed place (elevators, churches, or theaters)
-Being in a crowd
ANXIETY
Four Cardinal Symptoms of PTSD Ans✓✓✓ Intrusive reexperiencing of the initial
trauma (flashbacks, nightmares, unwanted distressing memories of the event,
feelings of unreality)
• Avoidance (avoid all memories and feelings as well as people or places that
might recall the event)
• Persistent negative alterations in cognitions and mood (distorted cognitions
about themselves and others [fear, guilt] and feelings of detachment)
,• Alteration and arousal and activity (irritability, angry outbursts, self-destructive
behavior, exaggerated startle response, hypervigilance, sleep difficulties)
ANXIETY
Generalized Anxiety Disorder Ans✓✓✓ ANXIETY
Basically, GAD is characterized by excessive, persistent, and uncontrollable
anxiety, and by excessive and constant worrying. It is sometimes referred to as
the "worry disease."
Symptoms lasted for six months
ANXIETY
Medications Ans✓✓✓ **Buspirone (BuSpar) reduces rumination and worry, NOT
ADDICTIVE
• SSRI [escitalopram (Lexapro), paroxetine (Paxil), sertraline (Zoloft), fluoxetine
(Prozac), citalopram (Celexa), fluvoxamine (Luvox)]
• TCA 's [clomipramine (Anafranil), amytriptyline (Elavil), imipramine (Tofranil)]
• Investigational drugs include pregabalin and other anticonvulsants
ANXIETY
Nursing Diagnoses Ans✓✓✓ Anxiety (moderate, severe, panic)
Fear
Ineffective coping
, Social isolation
Self-care deficit
Ineffective role performance
Risk for injury
Disturbed thought process
ANXIETY
Nursing Diagnoses for PTSD Ans✓✓✓ Disturbed thought process
Sleep deprivation r/t nightmares associated with traumatic event
Post-trauma syndrome r/t exposure to traumatic event
***Prioritize nursing diagnoses for PTSD related to safety/violence and self-harm
ANXIETY
Obsessive Compulsion Disorder Ans✓✓✓ Usually begins the late teems or early
twenties and ranges from mild to severe.
Occurs more often in patients with neurological disorder.
ANXIETY
Panic Attack Ans✓✓✓ Sudden onset of extreme apprehension or fear, usually
associated with feelings of impending doom: "I am going to die." Typically, panic
attacks occur suddenly, are extremely intense, and can last for 15 to 30 minutes
before they subside.
