NR 326 Final Exam Guide (Answered) Complete Solution

NR 326 Final Exam Guide Mild anxiety -heightened perception -increased awareness -increased alertness -learning is enhanced -restlessness -irritability -may remain superficial with others -rarely experiences as distressful -motivation is increased Moderate Anxiety -reduced perceptual field -reduces alertness to environmental events -decreased ability to learn -decreased attention span -decreased ability to concentrate -increased restlessness -increased HR and RR -gastric discomfort -increased muscular tension -increase in speech rate, volume, and pitch -a feeling of discontent, can have impairment in personal relationships (begins to focus on self) Severe Anxiety -greatly diminished; only single detail focused -inability to focus elsewhere when pointed out -extremely poor ability to learn -HA, dizziness, nausea, trembling, insomnia, palpitations, tachycardia, hyperventilation, urinary frequency, diarrhea -feelings of dread, horror -total focus on self and intense desire to relieve the anxiety Panic -unable to focus on even one detail in environment -misperceptions of environment -no ability to learn -dilated pupils, labored breathing, severe trembling, incoherence, sleeplessness, palpitations, diaphoresis and pallor, muscular incoordination, immobility or purposeless hyperactivity -feelings of terror/doom -bizarre behavior - shouting, screaming, running wildly around, hallucinations, delusions, and extreme withdrawal into self Generalized Anxiety Disorder -uncontrollable excessive worry 6 months without known cause -SX: muscle tensio