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Anxiety related to change in health status Goal: patient will experience a reduction in fear and anxiety. Plan of action: 1. Assess the level of anxiety (mild, moderate, severe). R / By knowing the client's anxiety level, making it easier for the next action. 2. Give emotional boost. R / support both provide high spirit to accept their disease experienced. 3. Encourage expressed fears / concerns R / Reveal the perceived problem will reduce the perceived burden of thought 4. Describe the type of medical procedure R / proper explanation and understanding of the disease so as to cooperate in the act of care and treatment. 5. Give spiritual encouragement R / Expected patience to undergo treatment and submit to God for his recovery.

Anxiety is a condition that affects millions of people every day. Physical reactions and mental condition causes can prevent success. Success does not have to mean the amount of money you have in the bank or how well you do at work can be anything you wanted to make you happy makes you content and fulfilled life things that you can handle more. Let's face facts can not be good at all, if we would be superhuman and the world would be a very different place. Even if someone is amazing in something that does not mean you will have success at all times. The best athletes in the world, you do not win every race and win every game because they are human. But what they do to be successful in trying to be the best and do anything they want with nothing stopping them. The anxiety and succeed in the battle of the things they want out of life can take time, energy and focus, but with hard work can pay what you can gain new skills and thought processes take you on a successful other areas of l...

What Is An Anxiety Attack? Anxiety attacks can be seen as an abnormal and irrational panic over trivial things or for no reason at all. They usually occur without warning and a person can simply burst into a horrible feeling fear and dread for no reason. Triggers can cause these attacks – like getting stuck in the elevator or public speaking – but in other cases, they come out of the blue. An anxiety attack is disproportionate reaction to the situation or the problem at hand, leaving the person excessively fearful, or sometimes incapacitated, which affects life, relationships, happiness and peace of mind. Anxiety Attack Symptoms A person having an anxiety attack often shows the following symptoms: • Heart palpitation (increase in heartbeat) • Hot flashes or chills • Hyperventilation • Feeling of overwhelming panic • Feeling detached or unreal • Shaking or trembling • Trouble breathing • Feeling of losing control, going crazy; or fear of dying • Choking sensation • Nausea or stomach cra...

Definition: Vague uneasy feeling of discomfort or dread accompanied by an autonomic response (the source often nonspecific or unknown to the individual); a feeling of apprehension caused by anticipation of danger. It is an alerting signal that warns of impending danger and enables the individual to take measures to deal with threat. RELATED FACTORS Unconscious conflict about essential [beliefs]/goals and values of life Situational/maturational crises Stress Familial association/heredity Interpersonal transmission/contagion Threat to self-concept [perceived or actual]; [unconscious conflict] Threat of death [perceived or actual] Threat to or change in health status [progressive/debilitating disease, terminal illness], interaction patterns, role function/status, environment [safety], economic status Unmet needs Exposure to toxins Substance abuse [Positive or negative self-talk] [Physiological factors, such as hyperthyroidism, pulmonary embolism, dysrhythmias, pheochromocytoma, drug thera...