NURS 3121- Week 4 Exam Study Questions and Answers

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NURS 3121- Week 4 Exam Study
Questions and Answers


anxiety is characterized by.... - Ans:✔✔-a mix of physiological, psychological, behavioural, and cognitive

symptoms


are all anxiety disorders are the same? - Ans:✔✔-no.... each disorder has distinctive characteristics


overarching theme of ALL anxiety disorders - Ans:✔✔-excessive irrational fear and dread


4 types of anxiety - Ans:✔✔--mild


-moderate


-severe


-panic


mild anxiety - Ans:✔✔--everyone has it


moderate anxiety - Ans:✔✔--begins to impact functioning


-you may be able to do some teaching here


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severe anxiety - Ans:✔✔--you can no longer do any teaching


panic - Ans:✔✔-everything is dyregulated


-talk calmly


-model breathing


-keep patient safe


-keep yourself safe


most common mental illness - Ans:✔✔-anxiety


-11.6% of Canadians over 18 have it


fear - Ans:✔✔-reaction to real of perceived danger


normal anxiety - Ans:✔✔-necessary for survival


ex: anxiety before an exam or presentation


defence mechanisms: levels - Ans:✔✔-3 different levels


1. primitive


2. mid-level



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3. mature


defence mechanisms: primitive characteristics - Ans:✔✔--regression


-dissociation


-denial


-projection


-acting out


-reaction formation


-compartmentalization


defence mechanisms: mid level characteristics - Ans:✔✔--displacement


-intellectualization


-rationalization


-undoing


-repression


defence mechanisms: mature characteristics - Ans:✔✔--self assertion




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