Author Question: A nurse teaches a client deep-breathing exercises to help control his anxiety. This is considered ... (Read 23 times)

Yi-Chen · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

A nurse teaches a client deep-breathing exercises to help control his anxiety. This is considered what type of stress management technique?

A) Meditation
B) Relaxation
C) Anticipatory guidance
D) Guided imagery

Question 2

Which of the following questions would be helpful in eliciting data about the effects of stress during a health history?

A) Why are you having so much difficulty breathing at night?
B) Why do you think smoking and drinking will calm you?
C) Do you often drink too much and have hangovers?
D) How does your body feel when you are upset?

Harbringer · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Ans: B
Two helpful relaxation activities, to be practiced three or four times at each session, are deep breathing and progressive muscle relaxation. A person practicing meditation sits comfortably with closed eyes, relaxes the major muscle groups, and repeats the selected word silently with each exhalation. Anticipatory guidance focuses on psychologically preparing a person for an unfamiliar or painful event. In guided imagery, a person creates a mental image, concentrates on the image, and becomes less responsive to stimuli (including pain).

Answer to Question 2

Ans: D
Stress causes many physiologic manifestations and emotional responses. The question How does your body feel when you are upset is nonjudgmental and nonthreatening, and encourages the client to talk about the symptoms he or she has experienced.