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NR 326 Final Exam Questions and Correct
Answers
Mild anxiety Ans: -heightened perception
-increased awareness
-increased alertness
-learning is enhanced
-restlessness
-irritability
-may remain superficial with others
-rarely experiences as distressful
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-motivation is increased
Moderate Anxiety Ans: -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
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-a feeling of discontent, can have impairment in personal
relationships (begins to focus on self)
Severe Anxiety Ans: -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 Ans: -unable to focus on even one detail in environment
-misperceptions of environment
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-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 Ans: -uncontrollable excessive
worry > 6 months without known cause
-SX: muscle tension, avoidance of stressful events, difficulty
making decisions, restlessness (hand wringing), and constant
seeking reassurance with significant impairment in functioning
-tx: group and individual therapy, meds for anxiety/depression
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NR 326 Final Exam Questions and Correct
Answers
Mild anxiety Ans: -heightened perception
-increased awareness
-increased alertness
-learning is enhanced
-restlessness
-irritability
-may remain superficial with others
-rarely experiences as distressful
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-motivation is increased
Moderate Anxiety Ans: -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
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-a feeling of discontent, can have impairment in personal
relationships (begins to focus on self)
Severe Anxiety Ans: -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 Ans: -unable to focus on even one detail in environment
-misperceptions of environment
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-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 Ans: -uncontrollable excessive
worry > 6 months without known cause
-SX: muscle tension, avoidance of stressful events, difficulty
making decisions, restlessness (hand wringing), and constant
seeking reassurance with significant impairment in functioning
-tx: group and individual therapy, meds for anxiety/depression
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