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Which finding indicates that a patient with moderate-to-severe anxiety has successfully lowered the anxiety level to mild? The patient:
 
  a. Asks, What's the matter with me?
  b. Stays in a room alone and paces rapidly.
  c. Can concentrate on what the nurse is saying.
  d. States, I don't want anything to eat. My stomach is upset.

Question 2

A patient tells the nurse, I don't go to restaurants because people might laugh at the way I eat or I could spill food and be laughed at. The nurse assesses this behavior as consistent with:
 
  a. Acrophobia
  b. Agoraphobia
  c. Social phobia
  d. Posttraumatic stress disorder



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
The ability to concentrate and attend to reality is increased slightly in mild anxiety and decreased in moderate-, severe-, and panic-level anxiety. Patients with high levels of anxiety often ask, What's the matter with me? Staying in a room alone and pacing suggest moderate anxiety. Expressing a lack of hunger is not necessarily a criterion for evaluating anxiety.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
The fear of a potentially embarrassing situation represents a social phobia. Acrophobia is the fear of heights. Agoraphobia is the fear of a place in the environment. Posttraumatic stress disorder is associated with a major traumatic event.



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