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levels of anxiety
levels of anxiety and coping skills
Question | Answer |
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focus and concentration: increased awareness and alertness, ability to learn: learning is enhanced coping response: increased motivation restless and irritable | Mild anxiety |
focus and concentration: preoccupied, ability to learn: learning is best done with help from another, coping response: increased HR RR perspiration gastric distress talking fast and loud | moderate anxiety |
focus and concentration: attention of info is scattered or the pt. fixates on details, ability to learn: ineffective learning coping response scared trembling dizzy tachypnea insomnia diarrhea urinary freq. nausea palpitations | severe anxiety |
ability to learn: unable to focus misperception of info is common with being taken out of context ability to learn: learning cant occur unable to comprehend even simple commands coping: sense of impending doom feelings of terror and panic AMS | Panic anxiety |
what are common stress and anxiety management? | exercise prayer meditation music yoga |
what are risk factors to aggressive behavior | changes in attitude raised voice shouting verbal or physical threats |
what behaviors are exhibited in patients that are aggressive | increased restlessness anger that is disproportionate to situation and threating body language |
what are some nursing interventions for patients exhibiting aggression | create safe environment maintain safe distance attempt to identify source of stress de-escalate tech. encourage pt. to talk about feelings rather than react explore alternative constructive coping and evaluate effectiveness of intervention |