NSG 322 Psychology Review Questions and Correct Answers
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NSG 322
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NSG 322
Use for Benzos. For anxiety "pam and lam FIRST then SSRI" -Lorazepam is for anxiety as needed *Use caution with machinery, restrict caffeine, avoid alc/other sedatives
What do you do when someone is blind? Use the clock method
la belle indifference Term used to describe the lack of concern over p...
NSG 322 Psychology Review Questions
and Correct Answers
Use for Benzos. ✅For anxiety
"pam and lam FIRST then SSRI"
-Lorazepam is for anxiety as needed
*Use caution with machinery, restrict caffeine, avoid alc/other sedatives
What do you do when someone is blind? ✅Use the clock method
la belle indifference ✅Term used to describe the lack of concern over physical illness;
seen in conversion reactions
Who is least likely to seek care for anxiety? ✅African Americans
Asians
General Anxiety Disorder ✅Constant worry, hard to control worry
OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) ✅Anxiety about repetition, germs, dirt
Reflection Response ✅Reflect on how you feel (therapeutic communication)
Busiprone ✅Long action and is not for as needed
Does not cause dependence 2-4 weeks so might need short term first
Compensation ✅Unconscious process allows individuals to make up for deficits in one
area by excelling in another to raise self-esteem
Altruism ✅Individuals deal with emotional conflict by meeting the needs of others and
receiving gratification from the response of others
Ex: lose husband then do grief counseling to help others
Repression ✅Unconsciously puts idea, event, or feeling out of awareness
Identification ✅Unconscious mechanism that imitates the mannerisms or behaviors of
another
Devaluation ✅Individual attributes negative qualities to self or others
, Reaction Formation ✅Unconscious mechanism keeps unacceptable feelings out of
awareness by using the opposite behavior. Instead of giving hatred give praise
Projection ✅Unconsciously disowning an unacceptable idea, feeling, or behavior by
attributing it to another
blaming for what you did
Rationalization ✅Unconsciously, making excuses for one's behavior, inadequacies, or
feelings
Regression ✅Unconscious behavior from an earlier stage of emotional development
Introjection ✅Unconscious, intense identification with another person
-someone hates guns becomes hunter like best friend
Cognitive Restructuring ✅Testing automatic thoughts and drawing new conclusions
Desensitization ✅Graduated exposure to a feared object
Relaxation Technique ✅Teach the patient to produce the opposite of the stress
response
Flooding ✅Exposes the patient to a large amount of undesirable stimuli to extinguish
the anxiety response
What are social phobia anxiety disorders treated with? ✅Beta Blockers (propanolol)
What are MAOIs for? ✅Depression
*Non Tyramine Diet
somatic symtom disorder ✅psychological disorder in which the symptoms take a
somatic (bodily) form without apparent physical cause
-go from physician to physician to establish a physical cause for their symptoms
-Often reject psychiatric help
Conversion Disorder ✅a disorder in which a person experiences very specific genuine
physical symptoms for which no physiological basis can be found
-Reduces anxiety through physical unrelated symptom
-Conversion is the defense mechanism of this disorder
-They demonstrate a lack of concern regarding the serious symptom (La Belle
Indifference)
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