N114 Theory Sensory Functioning

Front 1

Why do nurses need to know about patients’ sensory functions?


Back 1

Patient safety
Pt Progress or digression

Front 2

What Are Seven Senses That Involved in Sensory Perception?

Back 2

Vision
Olfactory
Tactile
gustatory
auditory
stereogenesis
kinesthetic

Front 3

What is stereogenesis?

Back 3

Sense that perceives the solidity of objects and their size, shape, texture

Front 4

What is the kinesthetic sense?

Back 4

Body's basic internal orienting system

Front 5

Which of the following interventions would be appropriate to stimulate the sense of stereognosis in nursing home residents?
A. Tape pictures of loved ones on the walls.
B. Play soft music in the recreation room.
C. Prepare a fragrant cup of tea.
D. Provide a soft textured blanket on the bed.

Back 5

D. Provide a soft textured blanket on the bed.

Front 6

Delirium, dementia, confusion, normal consciousness, somnolence, minimally conscious states, locked-in syndrome are all under what state of awareness?

Back 6

Conscious

Front 7

Asleep, stupor, coma are all under what state of awareness?

Back 7

Unconscious

Front 8

What Factors Contribute to Sensory Alteration?

Back 8

Sensory overload
Sensory deprivation
Sleep deprivation
Cultural care deprivation

Front 9

Sensory overload

Back 9

a condition in which an individual receives an excessive or intolerable amount of sensory stimuli, as in a busy hospital or clinic or an intensive care unit. The effects of sensory overload are similar to those of sensory deprivation, including confusion and hallucination.

Front 10

Sensory deprivation

Back 10

The reduction or absence of usual external stimuli or perceptual opportunities, commonly resulting in psychological distress and sometimes in unpleasant hallucinations.Symptoms can be produced by solitary confinement, loss of sight or hearing, paralysis, and even by ordinary hospital bed rest.

Front 11

Cultural care deprivation

Back 11

lack of culturally assistive, supportive, or facilitative acts

Front 12

Which one of the following patients would be considered at risk for sensory deprivation?
A. A patient with AIDS
B. A patient in an intensive care unit
C. A patient with a disturbance of the nervous system
D. A patient with intrusive monitoring

Back 12

A. A patient with AIDS

Front 13

Factors Affecting Sensory Stimulation?

Back 13

- developmental considerations
- culture
- personality and lifestyle
- stress
- medications

Front 14

Older Adult Sensory Functioning

Back 14

Decrease in vision
Decrease in hearing
Decreased sense of touch
Sensory deprivation
Sensory overload

Front 15

Which of the following is an appropriate measure when caring for a patient who is hearing impaired?
A. Speak to the person before making your presence known.
B. Increase noises in the background to stimulate the senses.
C. Position self so light is on your face.
D. Do not use pantomime to express messages to avoid embarrassment.

Back 15

A. Speak to the person before making your presence known.

Front 16

When caring for an unconscious patient, the nurse should speak loudly and assume the patient can hear him. True or False?

Back 16

False, there is no need to speak loudly- but true to assume the person can hear you