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Uncomfortable feeling of dread, in response to prolonged periods of stress. |
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Term
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Definition
| Mild, Moderate, Severe, Panic |
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Why is Normal anxiety considered good |
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Definition
| because it is necessary for survival |
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Definition
| is a reaction to a specific danger |
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| What level of anxiety occurs in the normal experience of everyday living, allows an individual to perceive reality in sharp focus. |
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Definition
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| What happens as anxiety increases to Moderate Anxiety? |
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Definition
the perceptual field narrows, and some details are excluded from observation.
They may see, hear, and grasp less information
may demonstrate selective inattention, |
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| What is selective inattention |
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| only certain things in the environment are seen or heard unless they are pointed out. |
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| How is the perceptual field of a person experiencing severe anxiety? |
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Definition
it is greatly reduced.
may focus on one particular detail or many scattered details and have difficulty noticing what is going on in the environment, even when it is pointed out by another. |
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| Why is trying to teach a pt in a Severe Anxiety state not a good idea? |
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Definition
| Learning and problem solving are not possible at this level, and the person maybe dazed and confused. |
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T/F
A person with severe anxiety may have somatic symptoms |
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Definition
TRUE
(headache, nausea, dizziness, insomnia) |
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| _______ is the most extreme level of anxiety and results in markedly disturbed behavior. |
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| Someone in a state of panic is unable to process what? |
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| unable to process what is going on in the envi¬ ronment and may lose touch with reality. |
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Term
How might the behavior be of
someone in a state of panic |
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Definition
shouting, screaming, or withdrawal. Hallucinations, or false sensory perceptions
behavior may become erratic, uncoordinated, and impulsive. |
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| What are the Precipitating Stressors of anxity |
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Definition
Threats to physical integrity
Threats to self-system (job, identiy) |
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| What coping resoureses might the nurse assess for in a pt? |
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Definition
Economic assets, Problem-solving skills,
Social supports, Cultural beliefs |
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Term
| What are Defense mechanisms? |
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| are automatic coping styles that protect people from anxiety and maintain self-image by blocking feelings, conflicts, and memories. |
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| What are the adaptive use of defense mechanisms |
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| helps people lower anxiety to achieve goals in acceptable ways. |
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| What is Maladaptive use of defense mechanisms |
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Definition
| When one or several are used in excess, particularly in the overuse of immature defenses. |
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Term
Defense Mechanism
Compensation |
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Definition
| is used to make up for perceived deficiencies and cover up shortcomings related to these deficiencies to protect the conscious mind from recognizing them. |
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Defense Mechanism
Conversion |
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Definition
| is the unconscious transformation of anxiety into a physical symptom with no organic cause. Often the symptom functions to gain attention or as an excuse. |
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Term
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| involves escaping unpleasant, anxiety-causing thoughts, feelings, wishes, or needs by ignoring their existence. |
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Defense Mechanism
Displacement |
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| is the transference of emotions associated with a particular person, object, or situation to another nonthreatening person, object, or situation. |
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Defense Mechanism
Dissociation |
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Definition
| is a disruption in the usually integrated functions of consciousness, memory, identity, or perception of the environment. It may result in a separation between feeling and thought. This can also manifest itself in compartmentalizing uncomfortable or unpleasant aspects of oneself. |
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Defense Mechanism
Identification |
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Definition
| is attributing to oneself the characteristics of another person or group. This may be done consciously or unconsciously. |
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Defense Mechanism
Intellectualization |
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Definition
| is a process in which events are analyzed based on remote, cold facts and without passion, rather than incorporating feeling and emotion into the processing. |
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Defense Mechanism
Introjection |
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Definition
| is the process by which the outside world is incorporated or absorbed into a person's view of the self. |
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Defense Mechanism
Projection |
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Definition
| refers to the unconscious rejection of emotionally unacceptable features and attributing them to other people, objects, or situations. You can remember this defense through the childhood retort of "What you say is what you are." |
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Defense Mechanism
Reaction formation |
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Definition
| is when unacceptable feelings or behaviors are controlled and kept out of awareness by developing the opposite behavior or emotion. |
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Defense Mechanism
Sublimation |
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Definition
| is an unconscious process of substituting mature, constructive, and socially acceptable activity for immature, destructive, and unacceptable impulses. Often these impulses are sexual or aggressive. |
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Defense Mechanism
Undoing |
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Definition
is most commonly seen in children. It is when a person makes up for an act or communication. |
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Term
What is
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) |
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Definition
}Anxiety that is persistent, overwhelming and out of proportion (Lasts for 6 months or longer)
}Emerges slowly; chronic; mild-severe |
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