Anxiety Disorders Practice Questions and Answers Rated A
A client has been diagnosed with obsessive- A client diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive
compulsive anxiety disorder. The nurse would disorder is constantly checking the oven to make
expect to find which of the following clinical sure it is off. This is an example of which type of
manifestations? obsessive thought content?
A) Avoidance A) Contamination
B) Persistent unwanted thoughts B) Repeated doubts
C) Feeling of suffocation C) Orderliness
D) Flashbacks - ANSWER -B) Persistent D) Aggressive impulses - ANSWER -B)
unwanted thoughts Repeated doubts
A client becomes very anxious when riding in an When assessing a client diagnosed with an
elevator, which is going to the 12th floor. This anxiety disorder, the nurse should use which type
would be documented as which of the following of questioning?
types of phobia? A) Open ended
A) Arachnophobia B) Direct
B) Acrophobia C) Matter of fact
C) Microphobia D) Abstract - ANSWER -B) Direct
D) Pyrophobia - ANSWER -B) Acrophobia
Which of the following treatment approaches has
A soldier has been back from Iraq for two weeks. been proven to be the most beneficial for the
He is being seen in the outpatient mental health client diagnosed with an anxiety disorder?
clinic due to complaints of inability to sleep, A) Antianxiety medications combined with
nightmares, and flashbacks. The nurse would psychotherapy
expect the client to be diagnosed with which of B) Antianxiety medications only
the following? C) Psychotherapy only
A) Generalized anxiety disorder D) Guided imagery - ANSWER -A)
B) Obsessive-compulsive disorder Antianxiety medications combined with
C) Posttraumatic stress disorder psychotherapy
D) Social phobia - ANSWER -C)
Posttraumatic stress disorder
A physiologic response to generalized anxiety
includes which of the following?
A client has been diagnosed with generalized A) Narcolepsy
anxiety disorder. In order to establish a B) Decreased urinary output
nurseclient relationship, which of the following C) Muscle tension
steps is most important? D) Constipation - ANSWER -C) Muscle
A) Identify the problem tension
B) Begin psychotherapy
C) Determine social support
D) Lower the clients anxiety level - Which of the following would be a sympathetic
ANSWER -D) Lower the clients anxiety nervous system response to panic anxiety?
level A) Decreased blood pressure
B) Increased heart rate
C) Dry skin
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A client has been diagnosed with obsessive- A client diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive
compulsive anxiety disorder. The nurse would disorder is constantly checking the oven to make
expect to find which of the following clinical sure it is off. This is an example of which type of
manifestations? obsessive thought content?
A) Avoidance A) Contamination
B) Persistent unwanted thoughts B) Repeated doubts
C) Feeling of suffocation C) Orderliness
D) Flashbacks - ANSWER -B) Persistent D) Aggressive impulses - ANSWER -B)
unwanted thoughts Repeated doubts
A client becomes very anxious when riding in an When assessing a client diagnosed with an
elevator, which is going to the 12th floor. This anxiety disorder, the nurse should use which type
would be documented as which of the following of questioning?
types of phobia? A) Open ended
A) Arachnophobia B) Direct
B) Acrophobia C) Matter of fact
C) Microphobia D) Abstract - ANSWER -B) Direct
D) Pyrophobia - ANSWER -B) Acrophobia
Which of the following treatment approaches has
A soldier has been back from Iraq for two weeks. been proven to be the most beneficial for the
He is being seen in the outpatient mental health client diagnosed with an anxiety disorder?
clinic due to complaints of inability to sleep, A) Antianxiety medications combined with
nightmares, and flashbacks. The nurse would psychotherapy
expect the client to be diagnosed with which of B) Antianxiety medications only
the following? C) Psychotherapy only
A) Generalized anxiety disorder D) Guided imagery - ANSWER -A)
B) Obsessive-compulsive disorder Antianxiety medications combined with
C) Posttraumatic stress disorder psychotherapy
D) Social phobia - ANSWER -C)
Posttraumatic stress disorder
A physiologic response to generalized anxiety
includes which of the following?
A client has been diagnosed with generalized A) Narcolepsy
anxiety disorder. In order to establish a B) Decreased urinary output
nurseclient relationship, which of the following C) Muscle tension
steps is most important? D) Constipation - ANSWER -C) Muscle
A) Identify the problem tension
B) Begin psychotherapy
C) Determine social support
D) Lower the clients anxiety level - Which of the following would be a sympathetic
ANSWER -D) Lower the clients anxiety nervous system response to panic anxiety?
level A) Decreased blood pressure
B) Increased heart rate
C) Dry skin
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