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Quiz 4: NURS 222 - Mental Health (Latest Update ) Review
Questions with Verified Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A.
Mild level with coping mechanisms such as eating, drinking, sleeping, smoking, crying,
laughing, physical exercise & talking to person with whom they feel comfortable. - ANS
and what type of coping mechanisms do individuals employ in order to deal with stress?
Defense mechanisms - ANS At the mild to moderate levels, the ego calls on what type of
mechanism for protection?
Compensation, denial, displacement, identification, introjection, reaction formation,
regression, repression, sublimation, suppression, undoing - ANS What are some defense
mechanisms?
Regression is returning to earlier adaptation, reverting to childlike behavior
Repression is unconscious blocking of unacceptable thoughts/urges, unconscious ability
to forget a stressor. - ANS What is the difference between regression and repression?
Splitting - ANS A patient sees herself as being all good or all bad, diving staff is an
example of what type of defense mechanisms?
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Reaction formation - ANS Patient keeps unacceptable feelings and behaviors of the
awareness (hiding true feelings), hating a stepsister/brother but treating them nicely is
an example of what type of defense mechanism?
Suppression - ANS Patient is consciously blocking of unacceptable thoughts/urges,
uncoils inhibition of anxiety producing impulse is an example of what type of defense
mechanism?
Sublimation - ANS Patient is having an unacceptable impulse then unconsciously
substituting the feeling with a constructive activity such as a bully or person with hostile
feelings-boxing/wrestler?
Introjection - ANS Patient unconsciously incorporates wishes and values of others as
their own such as the patient's father belittles or is overcritical of the patient and the
patient grows up feeling that they are no good or take this negative evaluation as part of
self-image is an example of what type of defense mechanism?
Extended periods of repressed severe anxiety - ANS Patient has psychoneurotic patterns
of behaving such as anxiety disorders and somatoform disorders are caused by what
type of anxiety?
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Moderate to severe level of anxiety that remains unresolved over an extended period -
ANS Patient has physiological disorders such as migraine headaches, irritable bowel
syndrome & cardiac arrhythmias are caused by what level of anxiety?
Panic Level of Anxiety - ANS What anxiety level of extended periods of functioning may
result in physical symptoms & psychotic behavior?
Physical symptoms - ANS Patient has racing heart rate, increased blood pressure, they
feel like they cannot breathe and feel like they may be dying (having heart attack: tight
chest, chest pains). What type of symptoms is the patient experiencing? Psychotic
disorders - ANS Patient has schizoaffective disorder, schizophrenia and delusional
disorder. What type of disorder does the patient have?
assess fighter flight (physiological) response such as BP, pulse, RR, dilated pupils &
cardiac output - ANS What do nurses assess for stress responses?
Health sustaining habits
Life satisfactions
Social supports
Effective & healthy responses to stress - ANS What are the four coping styles for stress
do nurses need to assess?What makes the patient happy?
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