Everyone experiences feelings of anxiety during their lifetime. For example, you may feel worried and anxious sitting exams or have a medical test or job interview. Feeling anxious sometimes is perfectly normal. However, for people with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), anxiety is much more constant and tends to affect everyday life.
Anxiety Nursing Care
Definition
Vague feeling of discomfort or fear and accompanied by autonomic response (the source often nonspecific or unknown to the individual), which can provide subjective repon to stress. Stress is a stimulus or situation that causes physical and psychological distress to a person.
Anxiety may be present at some level in every individual's life, but the degree and frequency with which manifests differ widely. The response of each individual has a different anxiety. Anxiety provoking emotional edge to stimulate creativity or problem-solving ability, the other can be moved to a pathological level. Feeling generally categorized into four levels for treatment purposes: mild, moderate, severe, and panic. Nurses can find anxious patient anywhere in the hospital or the public sphere.
Anxiety levels
Some theories divide anxiety into four levels:
Mild Anxiety
Mild anxiety associated with the tension of the events of everyday life and cause a person to be alert and increased perception. Anxiety can motivate learning and produce growth and creativity.
Anxiety was
At this level the field of environmental perception decreases. And every individual is more important to focus on the fact that time and ruled out other things.
Severe anxiety
Individuals at this stage tend to think of something very small and enlarged besarkanya and ignore everything else. Individuals are not able to think realistically and require a lot of direction, in order to concentrate on another issue.
Panic
At this stage is very narrow perception, so that the individual can no longer control himself and could not do anything about it, despite being instructed / demands. In a panic increased motor activity, decreased ability to interact with other people and there is no loss of rational thought.
Defining Characteristics
Physiological:
Increased blood pressure, pulse, and respirationDizziness, light-headednessSweatFrequent urinationflushingDifficulty breathingPalpitationsDry mouthheadacheNausea / or diarrheaanxietyTo and froInsomnia, nightmaresTremblingFeelings of helplessness and discomfort
behavior:
Expression of powerlessnessFeelings of inadequacyCryDifficulty concentratingConfusedInability to solve the problempreoccupation
ASSESSMENT
Review the history of the client to the stressor.
Note the physiological symptoms of anxiety client
Determine the level of client anxieta
Determine the cognitive response clan
Observation of behavior
Determine the client's degree of distress to families
Determine the coping strategies used
Nursing Diagnosis
Disturbance Interactions
Anxious
Ineffective individual coping
Ineffective family Kopng
Decision conflicts
Disruption of sleep patterns
Risk of violence
Coping Strategies (-) stress
Looking for people who can help
Trying to discipline yourself and diligently
Releasing strong emotions
Memecahka choice menggunakantehnk think da problem
Physical exercise to release energy
Using relaxation techniques:
Listening to music
Bath with warm water
Meditation
Expected results
Patients are able to recognize the signs of anxiety.Patients showed positive coping mechanisms.Patients may describe decreased levels of anxiety experienced.
Anxiety Nursing Care
Definition
Vague feeling of discomfort or fear and accompanied by autonomic response (the source often nonspecific or unknown to the individual), which can provide subjective repon to stress. Stress is a stimulus or situation that causes physical and psychological distress to a person.
Anxiety may be present at some level in every individual's life, but the degree and frequency with which manifests differ widely. The response of each individual has a different anxiety. Anxiety provoking emotional edge to stimulate creativity or problem-solving ability, the other can be moved to a pathological level. Feeling generally categorized into four levels for treatment purposes: mild, moderate, severe, and panic. Nurses can find anxious patient anywhere in the hospital or the public sphere.
Anxiety levels
Some theories divide anxiety into four levels:
Mild Anxiety
Mild anxiety associated with the tension of the events of everyday life and cause a person to be alert and increased perception. Anxiety can motivate learning and produce growth and creativity.
Anxiety was
At this level the field of environmental perception decreases. And every individual is more important to focus on the fact that time and ruled out other things.
Severe anxiety
Individuals at this stage tend to think of something very small and enlarged besarkanya and ignore everything else. Individuals are not able to think realistically and require a lot of direction, in order to concentrate on another issue.
Panic
At this stage is very narrow perception, so that the individual can no longer control himself and could not do anything about it, despite being instructed / demands. In a panic increased motor activity, decreased ability to interact with other people and there is no loss of rational thought.
Defining Characteristics
Physiological:
Increased blood pressure, pulse, and respirationDizziness, light-headednessSweatFrequent urinationflushingDifficulty breathingPalpitationsDry mouthheadacheNausea / or diarrheaanxietyTo and froInsomnia, nightmaresTremblingFeelings of helplessness and discomfort
behavior:
Expression of powerlessnessFeelings of inadequacyCryDifficulty concentratingConfusedInability to solve the problempreoccupation
ASSESSMENT
Review the history of the client to the stressor.
Note the physiological symptoms of anxiety client
Determine the level of client anxieta
Determine the cognitive response clan
Observation of behavior
Determine the client's degree of distress to families
Determine the coping strategies used
Nursing Diagnosis
Disturbance Interactions
Anxious
Ineffective individual coping
Ineffective family Kopng
Decision conflicts
Disruption of sleep patterns
Risk of violence
Coping Strategies (-) stress
Looking for people who can help
Trying to discipline yourself and diligently
Releasing strong emotions
Memecahka choice menggunakantehnk think da problem
Physical exercise to release energy
Using relaxation techniques:
Listening to music
Bath with warm water
Meditation
Expected results
Patients are able to recognize the signs of anxiety.Patients showed positive coping mechanisms.Patients may describe decreased levels of anxiety experienced.
