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Match the anxiety disorder with the associated findings.
Horror, intense fear, flashbacks, irritability,
difficulty with concentrating
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disturbance
Answer 1
Avoids being outside and impaired ability to
perform duties
Answer 2
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Agoraphobia
Palpitations, chest pain, shortness of breath,
nausea, feelings of depersonalization, fear of
dying or insanity
Answer 3
Engages in ritualistic, compulsive behaviors and
recurrent thoughts
Answer 4
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Horror, intense fear, flashbacks, irritability, difficulty with concentrating and sleep disturbance
– Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD),
Avoids being outside and impaired ability to perform duties
– Agoraphobia,
Palpitations, chest pain, shortness of breath, nausea, feelings of depersonalization, fear of dying or
insanity
– Panic Disorder,
Engages in ritualistic, compulsive behaviors and recurrent thoughts
– Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
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Match the type of Behavioral Therapy to its definition or use in mental health nursing.
A therapist or treatment team may use unpleasant stimuli,
such as bitter taste or mild electric shock, as punishment for
behaviors such as alcoholism, violence, self-mutilation, and
thumb sucking.
Answer 1
The planned, progressive, or graduated exposure to anxietyprovoking stimuli in real-life situations, or by imagining
events that cause anxiety. During this exposure, the anxiety
response is suppressed through the use of relaxation
techniques.
Answer 2
Agoraphobia
Panic Disorder
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Aversion therapy
Systematic desensitization
Can be used in the acute care milieu to help clients improve
interpersonal skills. The therapist demonstrates appropriate
behavior in a stressful situation with the goal of having the
client imitate the behavior.
Answer 3
Positive rewards are given for positive behavior (positive
reinforcement).
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A therapist or treatment team may use unpleasant stimuli, such as bitter taste or mild electric shock,
as punishment for behaviors such as alcoholism, violence, self-mutilation, and thumb sucking.
– Aversion therapy,
The planned, progressive, or graduated exposure to anxiety-provoking stimuli in real-life situations,
or by imagining events that cause anxiety. During this exposure, the anxiety response is suppressed
through the use of relaxation techniques.
– Systematic desensitization,
Can be used in the acute care milieu to help clients improve interpersonal skills. The therapist
demonstrates appropriate behavior in a stressful situation with the goal of having the client imitate
the behavior.
– Modeling,
Positive rewards are given for positive behavior (positive reinforcement).
– Operant conditioning
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Match the communication skills and techniques to the correct definition or influence on
communication.
Used to help the client focus on what is actually happening and to
dispel delusions, hallucinations, or faulty beliefs.
Answer 1
Modeling
Operant conditioning
Presenting reality
Used to determine if the message received was accurate and uses
techniques such as restating, reflecting, paraphrasing, exploring.
Answer 2
Demonstrates a willingness to spend time with the client. Limited
personal information may be shared, but the focus should return to
the client as soon as possible. Relevant self-disclosure by the nurse
allows the client to see that his experience is shared by others and
understood.
Answer 3
Allows time for meaningful reflection.
Answer 4
Emphasizes important points and reviews what has been discussed.
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Used to help the client focus on what is actually happening and to dispel delusions, hallucinations, or
faulty beliefs.
– Presenting reality,
Used to determine if the message received was accurate and uses techniques such as restating,
reflecting, paraphrasing, exploring.
– Clarifying techniques,
Demonstrates a willingness to spend time with the client. Limited personal information may be
shared, but the focus should return to the client as soon as possible. Relevant self-disclosure by the
nurse allows the client to see that his experience is shared by others and understood.
– Offering self,
Allows time for meaningful reflection.
– Silence,
Emphasizes important points and reviews what has been discussed.
– Summarizing
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Clarifying techniques
Offering self
Silence
Summarizing
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A nurse is caring for a client prescribed chlorpromazine. Match the following complications of
antipsychotics like chlorpromazine to the correct manifestations.
Inability to sit or stand still; Continual pacing and agitation. Answer 1
Sudden high fever; Blood pressure fluctuations; Dysrhythmias;
Muscle rigidity; Changes in level of consciousness; Coma.
Answer 2
Involuntary movements of the tongue and face, such as lip
smacking; Involuntary movements of the arms, legs, and trunk. Answer 3
Severe spasm of the tongue, neck, face, and back. Answer 4
Bradykinesia, rigidity, shuffling gait, drooling, tremors. Answer 5
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Inability to sit or stand still; Continual pacing and agitation.
– Akathisia,
Sudden high fever; Blood pressure fluctuations; Dysrhythmias; Muscle rigidity; Changes in level of
consciousness; Coma.
– Neuroleptic malignant,
Involuntary movements of the tongue and face, such as lip smacking; Involuntary movements of the
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