Question 1

A person who was raped several years ago denies having any memory of the event.The defense mechanism in use is:

Accepted Answer

A)  projection. 
B)  repression. 
C)  displacement. 
D)  reaction formation. 
A)  projection. 
B)  repression. 
C)  displacement. 
D)  reaction formation.

Question 2

A nurse determines that a patient is able to follow directions but appears to experience a narrowed perceptual field and focus on immediate concerns.The nurse determines that the patient is experiencing anxiety at which level?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mild 
B)  Moderate 
C)  Severe 
D)  Panic 
A)  Mild 
B)  Moderate 
C)  Severe 
D)  Panic

Question 3

A patient is very anxious and can only follow simple directions with great difficulty.The patient tells a nurse about a fear of keeping clean in such a public place and is observed repeatedly dusting the furniture.The nurse should assess the patient's level of anxiety as:

Accepted Answer

A)  mild. 
B)  moderate. 
C)  severe. 
D)  panic. 
A)  mild. 
B)  moderate. 
C)  severe. 
D)  panic.

Question 4

A patient has significant non-goal-directed motor activity,seems terror stricken,and experiences both distorted perceptions and disordered thoughts.When the nurse attempts to calm the patient,the patient does not respond.The level of patient anxiety can be assessed as:

Accepted Answer

A)  mild. 
B)  moderate. 
C)  severe. 
D)  panic. 
A)  mild. 
B)  moderate. 
C)  severe. 
D)  panic.

Question 5

A nurse who has spent an hour with a highly anxious patient shares with a peer,"I'm really feeling uptight! I need a quiet place to be alone." This can be attributed to:

Accepted Answer

A)  hypersensitivity on the nurse's part. 
B)  anxiety resulting from the patient contact. 
C)  fatigue from the effort of establishing a relationship. 
D)  a threat to the nurse's self-esteem created by a difficult patient. 
A)  hypersensitivity on the nurse's part. 
B)  anxiety resulting from the patient contact. 
C)  fatigue from the effort of establishing a relationship. 
D)  a threat to the nurse's self-esteem created by a difficult patient.

Exam 15: Anxiety Responses and Anxiety Disorders

A person who was raped several years ago denies having any memory of the event.The defense mechanism in use is:

A nurse determines that a patient is able to follow directions but appears to experience a narrowed perceptual field and focus on immediate concerns.The nurse determines that the patient is experiencing anxiety at which level?

A patient is very anxious and can only follow simple directions with great difficulty.The patient tells a nurse about a fear of keeping clean in such a public place and is observed repeatedly dusting the furniture.The nurse should assess the patient's level of anxiety as:

A patient has significant non-goal-directed motor activity,seems terror stricken,and experiences both distorted perceptions and disordered thoughts.When the nurse attempts to calm the patient,the patient does not respond.The level of patient anxiety can be assessed as:

A nurse who has spent an hour with a highly anxious patient shares with a peer,"I'm really feeling uptight! I need a quiet place to be alone." This can be attributed to:

Roles and Functions of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses: Competent Caring

Therapeutic Nurse-Patient Relationship

The Stuart Stress Adaptation Model of Psychiatric Nursing Care

Evidence-Based Psychiatric Nursing Practice

Biological Context of Psychiatric Nursing Care

Psychological Context of Psychiatric Nursing Care

Social, Cultural, and Spiritual Context of Psychiatric Nursing Care

Legal and Ethical Context of Psychiatric Nursing Care

Policy and Advocacy in Mental Health Care

Families as Resources, Caregivers, and Collaborators

Implementing the Nursing Process: Standards of Practice and Professional Performance

Prevention and Mental Health Promotion

Crisis Intervention

Recovery and Psychiatric Rehabilitation

Psychophysiological Responses and Somatoform and Sleep Disorders

Self-Concept Responses and Dissociative Disorders

Emotional Responses and Mood Disorders

Self-Protective Responses and Suicidal Behavior

Neurobiological Responses and Schizophrenia and Psychotic Disorders

Social Responses and Personality Disorders

Cognitive Responses and Organic Mental Disorders

Chemically Mediated Responses and Substance-Related Disorders

Eating Regulation Responses and Eating Disorders

Sexual Responses and Sexual Disorders

Psychopharmacology

Behavior Change and Cognitive Interventions

Preventing and Managing Aggressive Behavior

Somatic Therapies

Complementary and Alternative Therapies

Therapeutic Groups

Family Interventions

Hospital-Based Psychiatric Nursing Care

Community-Based Psychiatric Nursing Care

Child Psychiatric Nursing

Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing

Geropsychiatric Nursing

Care of Survivors of Abuse and Violence

The Military and Their Families

Psychological Care of Patients with Life-Threatening Illness

Filters