NURS 3121 Week 4 Test With Complete Solution

NURS 3121 Week 4 Test With
Complete Solution

Anxiety is characterized by.... - ANSWER a mix of physiological,
psychological, behavioural, and cognitive symptoms

are all anxiety disorders are the same? - ANSWER no.... each disorder has
distinctive characteristics

overarching theme of ALL anxiety disorders - ANSWER excessive irrational
fear and dread

4 types of anxiety - ANSWER -mild

-moderate

-severe

-panic

mild anxiety - ANSWER -everyone has it

moderate anxiety - ANSWER -begins to impact functioning

-you may be able to do some teaching here

severe anxiety - ANSWER -you can no longer do any teaching

panic - ANSWER everything is dyregulated

-talk calmly

-model breathing

,-keep patient safe

-keep yourself safe

most common mental illness - ANSWER anxiety

-11.6% of Canadians over 18 have it

fear - ANSWER reaction to real of perceived danger

normal anxiety - ANSWER necessary for survival

ex: anxiety before an exam or presentation

defence mechanisms: levels - ANSWER 3 different levels

1. primitive

2. mid-level

3. mature

defence mechanisms: primitive characteristics - ANSWER -regression

-dissociation

-denial

-projection

-acting out

-reaction formation

-compartmentalization

defence mechanisms: mid level characteristics - ANSWER -displacement

-intellectualization

, -rationalization

-undoing

-repression

defence mechanisms: mature characteristics - ANSWER -self assertion

-compensation

-anticipation

-self observation

-sublimation

-suppression

-altruism

-affiliation




limbic system and anxiety - ANSWER -hypothalamus

-reticular activating systems (RAS)




limbic system and anxiety: hypothalamus - ANSWER -unconscious response
to stress

-fight or flight response

-connects to RAS