NURS 3554 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Panic Disorder, Anxiety Disorder, Problem Solving
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Peplau operationally defined four levels of anxiety: Nursing assessment appropriate to the level of distress. Restless, mild irritability, slight discomfort (nail biting) A little uneasy but makes you do something. Still have ability to problem solve, perceptual field not acute. Able to work effectively toward goal can look at alternatives. Anxiety apprehension, uneasiness, tension, uncertainty, or dread from real or perceived. Fear reaction to a specific danger. The nurse needs to assess the level of anxiety in order to plan the best intervention. ** mild moderate levels of anxiety alert individual that something is wrong and moves. ** severe and panic anxiety prevents problem solving and inability to find relief of behaviors. Focus is lost unable to attend to environment. Completely unable to process what is happening. Flight or immobility; unintelligible speech, experience of. Compensation - when you feel you have a perceived deficiency could say its a strength.
