AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY NURS 4800 Exam 3 Anxiety and Stress Questions With Complete Solutions

AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY NURS 4800 Exam 3
Anxiety and Stress Questions With Complete
Solutions

Acute anxiety Correct Answers - sudden
- r/t event or threat
- can be normal

Acute Stress Disorder (ASD) Correct Answers -
developed btwn 3 days to 1 month after traumatic
event
- causes significant distress
- short term

agoraphobia Correct Answers fear of open spaces

Anxiety Correct Answers uncomfortable feeling of
apprehension or dread that occurs in response to
internal or external stimuli

can result in physical, emotional, cognitive, and
behavioral sx

Anxiety Disorders (3) Correct Answers Panic
Disorder
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Phobias

Assessment for Panic Attacks Correct Answers -
determine trigger of attack

, - reorient them or rationalize thoughts
- help to restructure distorted thoughts
- treat/medicate for anxiety first, then physical sx

Biologic Theories (GAD) Correct Answers
neurochemical
genetic

Biologic Theories (OCD) Correct Answers genetic
neuropathology
biochemical

Biologic Theories (PTSD) Correct Answers
neurobiology (stress response)
genetic

Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) Correct Answers
Somatoform disorder featuring a disruptive
preoccupation with some imagined defect in
appearance ("imagined ugliness").

Chronic anxiety Correct Answers - consistent
- r/t normal daily acitivities

circumstantial speech Correct Answers A pattern
of speech characterized by indirectness and delay
before the person gets to the point or answers a
question; the person gets caught up in countless
details and explanations.