NURS 6501: Final Exam Question 71 / NURS-6501N Advanced Pathophysiology
NURS 6501: Final Exam: Please contact Assignment Samurai for help with NURS 6501: Final Exam or any other assignment. Email: assignmentsamurai@gmail.com     An individual presents with a 6-month history of spending hours each day arranging and rearranging furniture at home to achieve perfect symmetry. The individual expresses significant distress when unable to perform these actions. Which term best describes the actions this patient is driven to perform? Group of answer choices
  • Impulsions
  • Delusions
  • Compulsions
  • Obsessions
  The correct answer is: Compulsions   Explanation: The actions described — spending hours each day arranging and rearranging furniture to achieve perfect symmetry — are a classic example of compulsions. Compulsions are repetitive behaviors or mental acts that a person feels driven to perform in response to an obsession, or according to rigid rules, often in an attempt to reduce anxiety or prevent a feared event or situation.   Here’s why the other options are incorrect: Impulsions: This term refers to sudden, strong urges to act in a way that may be inappropriate or harmful, but it doesn’t involve the repetitive and ritualistic nature seen in compulsions.   Delusions: These are false beliefs that are strongly held despite evidence to the contrary, such as believing something is true without any basis in reality. This is different from the distress caused by an inability to perform a behavior, as in compulsions.   Obsessions: These are intrusive, unwanted thoughts, images, or urges that cause anxiety or distress. In this case, the individual is performing actions to relieve the distress, which is more indicative of compulsions.   Thus, the term that best describes the actions of arranging and rearranging furniture to achieve symmetry is compulsions.