Anxiety Disorders PREP-U --Unit 3 Test Questions and
Answers Graded A+
A client diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive indefinitely.
disorder (OCD) is attempting to resist a b) The goal is to lower the client's anxiety to mild
compulsion. Based on this finding, the nurse or moderate before proceeding with anything
should assess the client for else.
c) The nurse needs to maintain a nonstimulating
a) Depression environment.
b) Increased anxiety d) The nurse should remain with the client until
c) Excessive fear the panic recedes. - ANSWER -a
d) Feelings of failure - ANSWER -b
Which of the following medication classifications
Panic disorder is treated with cognitive- used in the treatment of panic disorder can cause
behavioral techniques and deep breathing and physical dependence?
relaxation, in addition to which of the following?
a) Benzodiazepines
a) CNS depressants b) Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
b) Antipsychotics (SSRIs)
c) Antianxiety medications c) Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs)
d) Anticonvulsants - ANSWER -c d) Serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors
(SNRIs) - ANSWER -a
Panic disorder is treated with cognitive-
behavioral techniques, deep breathing, and A client with a panic disorder has been
relaxation, in addition to which of the following? prescribed a benzodiazepine medication. Which
of the following would the nurse emphasize as a
a) Antipsychotics risk associated with using this medication?
b) Anticonvulsants
c) Antianxiety medications a) Agitation
d) CNS depressants - ANSWER -c b) Fecal impaction
c) Dietary restrictions
d) Withdrawal symptoms - ANSWER -d
All except which of the following are considered
clinical symptoms of anxiety?
When discussing various types of anxiolytic
a) Palpitations medications with a client, the nurse recognizes
b) Tearfulness and sadness that which of the following medications has the
c) Extreme restlessness lowest potential for abuse?
d) Motor excitement - ANSWER -b
a) Alprazolam (Xanax)
b) Lorazepam (Ativan)
Which of the following is inconsistent with panic- c) Diazepam (Valium)
level anxiety? d) Buspirone (BuSpar) - ANSWER -d
a) This level of anxiety can be sustained
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, Anxiety Disorders PREP-U --Unit 3 Test Questions and
Answers Graded A+
A patient responds to bad news regarding test clients with anxiety disorders are to reduce
results by crying uncontrollably. What is the term anxiety and
for this response to a stressor?
a) Learn to control primitive impulses
a) defense mechanism b) Accept the fact that underlying conflicts
b) adaptation cannot be treated
c) homeostasis c) Develop alternative responses to anxiety-
d) coping mechanism - ANSWER -d provoking situations
d) Strive for insight through psychoanalysis -
ANSWER -c
A client spends hours stacking and unstacking
towels. She is repeatedly checking to make sure
that the towels are in order of color. This A client spends hours arranging and rearranging
behavior is identified as a furniture in his room. This behavior is identified
as a
a) Compulsion
b) Phobia a) Derealization
c) Derealization b) Obsession
d) Obsession - ANSWER -a c) Phobia
d) Compulsion - ANSWER -d
A nurse who has worked with a client diagnosed
with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) when he The efforts one takes to manage situations that
was an inpatient on the psychiatric unit sees the have been appraised as being potentially harmful
client in the waiting room of the outpatient or stressful refers to
psychiatric clinic. The client motions to the nurse
to come over so he can tell the nurse how things a) Disintegrate
have been going since he was discharged. While b) Coping
talking with the client, the nurse determines that c) Emotional support
the client's therapy has been effective when the d) Cognitive approach - ANSWER -b
client states which of the following?
a) "I'm still drinking coffee; I can't quit after When a client is experiencing severe anxiety,
drinking it all these years." which of the following is the priority intervention?
b) "I've learned having a beer after I get home
from work helps me relax." a) Move the client to a quiet environment
c) "I am still experiencing quite a bit of stress at b) Offer the client therapy to calm down
home and at work; things are different at home c) Put the client in seclusion temporarily
than they were in the hospital." d) Give the client medication immediately -
d) "When my mother-in-law comes over now, I ANSWER -a
go out to my workshop and work on one of my
projects." - ANSWER -d
Which of the following would not be an initial
intervention for the client with acute anxiety?
Nursing interventions that are appropriate for all
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Answers Graded A+
A client diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive indefinitely.
disorder (OCD) is attempting to resist a b) The goal is to lower the client's anxiety to mild
compulsion. Based on this finding, the nurse or moderate before proceeding with anything
should assess the client for else.
c) The nurse needs to maintain a nonstimulating
a) Depression environment.
b) Increased anxiety d) The nurse should remain with the client until
c) Excessive fear the panic recedes. - ANSWER -a
d) Feelings of failure - ANSWER -b
Which of the following medication classifications
Panic disorder is treated with cognitive- used in the treatment of panic disorder can cause
behavioral techniques and deep breathing and physical dependence?
relaxation, in addition to which of the following?
a) Benzodiazepines
a) CNS depressants b) Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
b) Antipsychotics (SSRIs)
c) Antianxiety medications c) Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs)
d) Anticonvulsants - ANSWER -c d) Serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors
(SNRIs) - ANSWER -a
Panic disorder is treated with cognitive-
behavioral techniques, deep breathing, and A client with a panic disorder has been
relaxation, in addition to which of the following? prescribed a benzodiazepine medication. Which
of the following would the nurse emphasize as a
a) Antipsychotics risk associated with using this medication?
b) Anticonvulsants
c) Antianxiety medications a) Agitation
d) CNS depressants - ANSWER -c b) Fecal impaction
c) Dietary restrictions
d) Withdrawal symptoms - ANSWER -d
All except which of the following are considered
clinical symptoms of anxiety?
When discussing various types of anxiolytic
a) Palpitations medications with a client, the nurse recognizes
b) Tearfulness and sadness that which of the following medications has the
c) Extreme restlessness lowest potential for abuse?
d) Motor excitement - ANSWER -b
a) Alprazolam (Xanax)
b) Lorazepam (Ativan)
Which of the following is inconsistent with panic- c) Diazepam (Valium)
level anxiety? d) Buspirone (BuSpar) - ANSWER -d
a) This level of anxiety can be sustained
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, Anxiety Disorders PREP-U --Unit 3 Test Questions and
Answers Graded A+
A patient responds to bad news regarding test clients with anxiety disorders are to reduce
results by crying uncontrollably. What is the term anxiety and
for this response to a stressor?
a) Learn to control primitive impulses
a) defense mechanism b) Accept the fact that underlying conflicts
b) adaptation cannot be treated
c) homeostasis c) Develop alternative responses to anxiety-
d) coping mechanism - ANSWER -d provoking situations
d) Strive for insight through psychoanalysis -
ANSWER -c
A client spends hours stacking and unstacking
towels. She is repeatedly checking to make sure
that the towels are in order of color. This A client spends hours arranging and rearranging
behavior is identified as a furniture in his room. This behavior is identified
as a
a) Compulsion
b) Phobia a) Derealization
c) Derealization b) Obsession
d) Obsession - ANSWER -a c) Phobia
d) Compulsion - ANSWER -d
A nurse who has worked with a client diagnosed
with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) when he The efforts one takes to manage situations that
was an inpatient on the psychiatric unit sees the have been appraised as being potentially harmful
client in the waiting room of the outpatient or stressful refers to
psychiatric clinic. The client motions to the nurse
to come over so he can tell the nurse how things a) Disintegrate
have been going since he was discharged. While b) Coping
talking with the client, the nurse determines that c) Emotional support
the client's therapy has been effective when the d) Cognitive approach - ANSWER -b
client states which of the following?
a) "I'm still drinking coffee; I can't quit after When a client is experiencing severe anxiety,
drinking it all these years." which of the following is the priority intervention?
b) "I've learned having a beer after I get home
from work helps me relax." a) Move the client to a quiet environment
c) "I am still experiencing quite a bit of stress at b) Offer the client therapy to calm down
home and at work; things are different at home c) Put the client in seclusion temporarily
than they were in the hospital." d) Give the client medication immediately -
d) "When my mother-in-law comes over now, I ANSWER -a
go out to my workshop and work on one of my
projects." - ANSWER -d
Which of the following would not be an initial
intervention for the client with acute anxiety?
Nursing interventions that are appropriate for all
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