Pt Safety And Sensory Terms

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Abnormal neurological condition in which language function is defective or absent; related to injury to speech center in cerebral cortex, causing receptive or expressive aphasia

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Aphasia

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Related to or experienced through hearing

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Auditory

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Excessive cerumen occluding the ear canal

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Conductive hearing loss

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patient understands a question but is unable to express an answer

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Expressive Aphasia

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patient is able to express words but is unable to understand questions or comments of others

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Receptive Aphasia

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Pertaining to sense of taste

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Gustatory

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patient is overly sensitive to tactile stimuli

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hyperesthesia

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Enables a person to be aware of position and movement of body parts

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Kinesthetic

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Smell

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Olfactory

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adult sensorineural hearing loss is often caused by exposure to excess and prolonged noise or metabolic, vascular, and other systemic alterations. Some patients benefit from a referral to

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otolaryngologist

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Having a harmful effect on the eighth cranial (auditory) nerve or the organs of hearing and balance

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Ototoxic

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changes common after age 60 include increased difficulty with balance, spatial orientation, and coordination

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Proprioceptive

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Defect in the ability of the lens of the eye to focus light such as occurs in nearsightedness and farsightedness

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refractive error

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common visual problem such as nearsightedness

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Refractive Error

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A deficit in the normal function of sensory reception and perception

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Sensory Deficit

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reduced sensory input (sensory deficit from visual or hearing loss), the elimination of patterns or meaning from input (e.g., exposure to strange environments), and restrictive environments (e.g., bed rest) that produce monotony and boredom

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Sensory Deprivation

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When a person receives multiple sensory stimuli and cannot perceptually disregard or selectively ignore some stimuli

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Sensory Overload

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a sense that allows a person to recognize the size, shape, and texture of an object

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Stereognosis

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A visual defect in which one eye cannot focus with the other on an object because of imbalance of the eye muscles

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Strabismus

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Relating to the sense of touch

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Tactile

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often a bright light, smell, or taste

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Aura

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Food and Drug Administration

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FDA

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Process by which resistance to an infectious disease is induced or augmented

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Immunization

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Microorganisms capable of producing disease.

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Pathogen

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Any substance that impairs health or destroys life when ingested, inhaled, or absorbed by the body in relatively small amounts.

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Poison

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Something that pollutes, especially a waste material that contaminates air, soil, or water.

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Pollutant

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Human, mechanical or physical device used with or without a patient's permission to restrict freedom, not usually a part of Tx plan

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Restraint

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A sudden attack, spasm, or convulsion, as in epilepsy or another disorder

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Seizure

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encompass all nursing interventions to protect the patient from traumatic injury, position for adequate ventilation and drainage of oral secretions, and provide privacy and support following the seizure

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Seizure precautions

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Prolonged or repeated seizures

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Status Epileticus

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decreased accommodation of the lens to see near objects clearly, especially in older adults

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presbyopia

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Opaque areas of the lens that cause glaring and blurred vision

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Cataract

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Decreased tear production that results in itching and burning

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Dry eyes

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Increased in intraocular pressure resulting in peripheral visual loss halo effect around lights

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Glaucoma

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Blood vessel changes of the retina, decreased vision, and macular edema

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Diabetic Retinopathy

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Blurring of reading matter, distortion or loss of central vision and vertical lines

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Macular degeneration

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Progressive hearing disorder in older adults

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Presbycusis

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Buildup of earwax, causing conduction deafness

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Cerumen Accumulation, Conductive Hearing Loss

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Results from vestibular dysfunction vertigo

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Disequilibrium

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Decrease in salivary production, leading to thicker mucus and dry mouth

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Xerostomia

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Numbness and tingling of the affected area, stumbling gait

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Peripheral neuropathy

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caused by clot, hemorrhage, or emboli to the brain

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Stroke