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34 Cards in this Set
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Enables a person to be aware of position and movement of body parts
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Sensation: Kinesthetic
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Taste
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Sensation: Gustatory
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Hearing
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Sensation: Auditory
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Smell
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Sensation: Olfactory
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Touch
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Sensation: Tactile
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Recognition of an object's size, shape, and texture
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Sensation: Stereognosis
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Numbness and tingling of the affected area, stumbling gait
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Sensory deficit: Peripheral neuropathy
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Results from vestibular dysfunction, vertigo
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Sensory deficit: Disequilibrium
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Decreased accommodation of the lens to see near objects clearly; farsightedness
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Sensory deficit: Presbyopia
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Blurring of reading matter, distoration or loss of central vision amd vertical lines
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Sensory deficit: Macular degeneration
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Caused by clot, hemmorrhage, or emboli to the brain
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Sensory deficit: Stroke
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Opaque areas of the eye lens that cause glaring and blurred vision
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Sensory deficit: Cataract
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Decrease in salivary production, leading to thick mucous and dry mouth
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Sensory deficit: Xerostomia
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Decreased tear production that results in itching and burning
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Sensory deficit: Dry eyes
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Progressive hearing disorder in older adults
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Sensory deficit: Presbycusis
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Increase in intraocular pressure resulting in peripheral visual loss, halo effect around lights
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Sensory deficit: Glaucoma
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Earwax, causes a conduction deafness
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Sensory deficit: Cerumen
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Blood vessel changesof the retina, decreased vision, and macular edema
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Sensory deficit: Diabetic retinopathy
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List three major types of sensory deprivations and give an example of each.
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1. Reduced sensory input - visual or hearing loss
2. Elimination patterns - exposure to strange environments 3. Perceptual - changes in vision/motor coordination |
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How does sensory deprivation affect;
Cognitive Affective Perceptual |
1. Cognitive - ex. Disorientation
2. Affective - ex. Boredom, restlessness, panic 3. Perceptual - ex. Changes in vision/motor coordination |
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When does sensory overload occur?
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When a person receives multiple sensory stimuli and cannot selective ignore some stimuli
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What are the factors that influence the capacity to receive or perceive stimuli?
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1. Age
2. Meaningful stimuli 3. Amount of stimuli 4. Social Interactions 5. Environmental factors 6. Cultural factors |
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When assessing clients with or at risk od sensory alterations, consider
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1. Pathophysiology (the functional changes associated with a disease or syndrome) of the sensory deficit
2. factors affecting sensory function |
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What are the high risk groups for sensory alterations
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1. Older adults
2, Clients living in confined environments |
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What are some assessment techniques for sensory alterations?
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1. Assess vision - Ask the client to read
2. Assess hearing - test hearing acuity 3. Assess tocuh - test if client can feel unusual sensations 4. Assess smell - Ask client to identify various odors 5. Assess tadte - give client a taste test |
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What are the two type of aphasia?
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1. Expressive aphasia
2. Receptive aphasia |
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The inability to speak or write
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Expressive aphasia
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The inability to written or spoken language
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Receptove aphasia
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Assess clinets for sensory alterations by
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1. identifying clients at risk for sensory alterations
2. History of sensory alterations 3. Physical assessment 4. Ability to perform self-care 5. Health promotion habits 6. Environmental hazards based on sensory alteration 7. Communication methods 8. Social support, interactions 9. Use of assistive devices 10. Other factors (medications or pain) |
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Unable to produce or understand language
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aphasia
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overly sensitive to tactile sensory
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hyperesthesia
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refractive error
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near-sightedness
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crossed eyes
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strabismus
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pertaining to proprioceptors, the stimuli acting upon them, or the nerve impulses initiated by them
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Proprioceptive
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