Nclex 준비 - Anxiety Stage

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이번에는 Anxiety Stage 에 대해 공부해 봅시다.

 

MILD = everyday anxiety

• Nail Biting, tapping, foot-jitters

MODERATE = situational

• GI upset, headache, shaky voice
• limited problem solving and decreased attentiveness.
• heightened perceptual field and is aware of the anxiety.
• narrowed perceptual field and able to discuss past coping mechanisms.

SEVERE = feeling of doom

• Dizziness, headache, nausea, sleeplessness, hyperventilation
• the inability to problem solve and has a sense of impending doom.

PANIC = unstable and not in touch with reality

• Pacing, yelling, running, hallucinations

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Anxiety vs Fear

- Anxiety is secondary to a psychological stressor, whereas fear is secondary to a physical or psychological stressor.

- Fear is secondary to an identifiable source, whereas anxiety is secondary to an unidentifiable source.

- Anxiety is diffuse and vague, whereas fear is more specific and definable.

 

 

Meds

 

Benzodiazepines, Antidepressants

 

Nursing consideration