A Patient Who Is a University Student States That Before

question 15

Multiple Choice

A patient who is a university student states that before taking an examination he feels a heightened sense of awareness,a sense of restlessness,and a mild degree of apprehension.Which nursing intervention is most therapeutic?

• A) Normalize his symptoms as resulting from mild anxiety and calmly discuss how they may actually help his performance.
• B) Advise the patient to discuss his experience with a physician or psychologist,as these symptoms suggest a more serious psychiatric disorder.
• C) Offer to explore the possibility of obtaining an order for an anxiolytic medication to be used when necessary.
• D) Acknowledge the patient's experience and suggest that he consider counseling to bring this anxiety under control.

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Definitions:

Classical Conditioning

A learning mechanism where the consistent association of two stimuli leads to a response, initially evoked by the second stimulus, being evoked by the first stimulus alone over time.

Extinction

In psychology, the gradual weakening and disappearance of a conditioned response when the conditioned stimulus is no longer paired with the unconditioned stimulus.

Discrimination

Unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex.

Latent Learning

The process of learning that occurs without any immediate or apparent reinforcement, which becomes apparent only when there is a reason to demonstrate it.