Anxiety Disorders NCLEX

Anxiety Disorders NCLEX Social SciencesPsychologyAbnormal Psychology gracehien Save A nursing instructor is teaching about specific phobias. Which student statement should indicate that learning has occurred?

• "These clients do not recognize that their fear is excessive and rarely seek treatment."
• "These clients have a panic level of fear that is overwhelming and unreasonable."
• "These clients experience symptoms that mirror a cerebrovascular accident (CVA)."
• "These clients experience the symptoms of tachycardia, dysphagia, and diaphoresis."

ANS: B

A client has a history of excessive fear of water. What is the term that a nurse should use to describe this specific phobia, and under what subtype is this phobia identified?

• Aquaphobia, a natural environment type of phobia
• Aquaphobia, a situational type of phobia
• Acrophobia, a natural environment type of phobia
• Acrophobia, a situational type of phobia

ANS: A

How would a nurse differentiate a client diagnosed with a social phobia from a client diagnosed with a schizoid personality disorder (SPD)?

• Clients diagnosed with social phobia can manage anxiety without medications, whereas

clients diagnosed with SPD can manage anxiety only with medications.

• Clients diagnosed with SPD are distressed by the symptoms experienced in social settings,

whereas clients diagnosed with social phobia are not.

• Clients diagnosed with social phobia avoid interactions only in social settings, whereas

clients diagnosed with SPD avoid interactions in all areas of life.

• Clients diagnosed with SPD avoid interactions only in social settings, whereas clients

diagnosed with social phobias tend to avoid interactions in all areas of life.

ANS: C

How would a nurse differentiate a client diagnosed with panic disorder from a client diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)?

• GAD is acute in nature, and panic disorder is chronic.
• Chest pain is a common GAD symptom, whereas this symptom is absent in panic disorders.
• Hyperventilation is a common symptom in GAD and rare in panic disorder.
• Depersonalization is commonly seen in panic disorder and absent in GAD.

ANS: D

Which treatment should a nurse identify as most appropriate for clients diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)?

• Long-term treatment with diazepam (Valium)
• Acute symptom control with citalopram (Celexa)
• Long-term treatment with buspirone (BuSpar)
• Acute symptom control with ziprasidone (Geodon)

ANS: C

A client refuses to go on a cruise to the Bahamas with his spouse due to fearing that the cruise ship will sink and all will drown. Using a cognitive theory perspective, how should a nurse explain to the spouse the etiology of this fear?

• "Your spouse may be unable to resolve internal conflicts which result in projected anxiety."
• "Your spouse may be experiencing a distorted and unrealistic appraisal of the situation."
• "Your spouse may have a genetic predisposition to overreacting to potential danger."
• "Your spouse may have high levels of brain chemicals that may distort thinking."

ANS: B

How would a nurse differentiate a client diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) from a client diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder?

• Clients diagnosed with OCD experience both obsessions and compulsions, and clients

diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder do not.

• Clients diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder experience both

obsessions and compulsions, and clients diagnosed with OCD do not.

• Clients diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder experience only

obsessions, and clients diagnosed with OCD experience only compulsions.

• Clients diagnosed with OCD experience only obsessions, and clients diagnosed with

obsessive-compulsive personality disorder experience only compulsions.

ANS: A

A cab driver, stuck in traffic, suddenly is lightheaded, tremulous, diaphoretic, and experiences tachycardia and dyspnea. An extensive workup in an emergency department reveals no pathology. Which medical diagnosis is suspected, and what nursing diagnosis takes priority?

• Generalized anxiety disorder and a nursing diagnosis of fear
• Altered sensory perception and a nursing diagnosis of panic disorder
• Pain disorder and a nursing diagnosis of altered role performance
• Panic disorder and a nursing diagnosis of anxiety

ANS: D

A client diagnosed with panic disorder states, "When an attack happens, I feel like I am going to die." Which is the most appropriate nursing reply?

• "I know it's frightening, but try to remind yourself that this will only last a short time."
• "Death from a panic attack happens so infrequently that there is no need to worry."
• "Most people who experience panic attacks have feelings of impending doom."
• "Tell me why you think you are going to die every time you have a panic attack."

ANS: A

A nursing instructor is teaching about the medications used to treat panic disorder. Which student statement indicates that learning has occurred?

• "Clonazepam (Klonopin) is particularly effective in the treatment of panic disorder."
• "Clozapine (Clozaril) is used off-label in long-term treatment of panic disorder."
• "Doxepin (Sinequan) can be used in low doses to relieve symptoms of panic attacks."
• "Buspirone (BuSpar) is used for its immediate effect to lower anxiety during panic attacks."

ANS: A

A family member is seeking advice about an elderly parent who seems to worry unnecessarily about everything. The family member states, "Should I seek psychiatric help for my mother?" Which is an appropriate nursing reply?

• "My mother also worries unnecessarily. I think it is part of the aging process."
• "Anxiety is considered abnormal when it is out of proportion to the stimulus causing it and

when it impairs functioning."

• "From what you have told me, you should get her to a psychiatrist as soon as possible."
• "Anxiety is a complex phenomenon and is effectively treated only with psychotropic

medications."

ANS: B