NUR 520 Exam 2 Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
sensory reception -
correct answer ✅the process of receiving data about the internal
or external environment through the senses (touch, taste, sight,
smell)
sensory perception -
correct answer ✅Conscious process of selecting, organizing, and
interpreting data from the senses into meaningful information.
external -
correct answer ✅visual, auditory, olfactory, tactile, and gustatory
- Stereognosis: solidity of objects and size, shape, texture
internal -
correct answer ✅kinesthetic, visceral
- proprioception: sense of movements/position of the body gained
from sensory in muscle/tendons combined w/ input from vestibular
apparatus (eyes closed rollercoaster)
Requirements -
correct answer ✅- stimulus present
,NUR 520 Exam 2 Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
- receptor or sense organ receives the stimulus and converts it to a
nerve impulse
- nerve impulse conducted
- reception and translation of the impulse into a sensation
Conscious States -
correct answer ✅Delirium: confused/agitated
Dementia: memory/language
Confusion: minor delirium
Somnolence: drowsiness, but will respond normally to stimuli
Locked-in syndrome: Full consciousness; sleep-wake cycles present;
quadriplegic, auditory and visual function preserved; emotion
preserved
Unconscious States -
correct answer ✅Asleep
Stupor: aroused w/ extreme/repeated stimuli
Coma: cannot be aroused even w/ painful stim
, NUR 520 Exam 2 Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
Glasgow Coma Scale -
correct answer ✅eye opening, verbal response, motor response
(4-5-6)
Sensory Processing -
correct answer ✅Reticular Activating System (RAS): network
extending from hypothalamus to medulla that mediates arousal
Sensoristasis: optimal arousal state
Adaptation: repeated stimulus that eventually goes unnoticed
Nursing Strategies for Confused/Unconscious -
correct answer ✅Confused: face-to-face contact, speak
calmly/simply/directly, allow time for pt response, fill personal
space w/ personal objects, orient & reorient (conversation, clocks,
calendar, TV)
Unconscious: Hearing is the last sense lost, talk in normal tone,
don't neglect touch, reduce stimuli
factors influence sensory function -
correct answer ✅Developmental: elderly at greatest risk
Lifestyle/Environment: occupation, smoking/drug use, recreation
Stimuli: deprivation/overload
(Grade A+)
sensory reception -
correct answer ✅the process of receiving data about the internal
or external environment through the senses (touch, taste, sight,
smell)
sensory perception -
correct answer ✅Conscious process of selecting, organizing, and
interpreting data from the senses into meaningful information.
external -
correct answer ✅visual, auditory, olfactory, tactile, and gustatory
- Stereognosis: solidity of objects and size, shape, texture
internal -
correct answer ✅kinesthetic, visceral
- proprioception: sense of movements/position of the body gained
from sensory in muscle/tendons combined w/ input from vestibular
apparatus (eyes closed rollercoaster)
Requirements -
correct answer ✅- stimulus present
,NUR 520 Exam 2 Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
- receptor or sense organ receives the stimulus and converts it to a
nerve impulse
- nerve impulse conducted
- reception and translation of the impulse into a sensation
Conscious States -
correct answer ✅Delirium: confused/agitated
Dementia: memory/language
Confusion: minor delirium
Somnolence: drowsiness, but will respond normally to stimuli
Locked-in syndrome: Full consciousness; sleep-wake cycles present;
quadriplegic, auditory and visual function preserved; emotion
preserved
Unconscious States -
correct answer ✅Asleep
Stupor: aroused w/ extreme/repeated stimuli
Coma: cannot be aroused even w/ painful stim
, NUR 520 Exam 2 Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
Glasgow Coma Scale -
correct answer ✅eye opening, verbal response, motor response
(4-5-6)
Sensory Processing -
correct answer ✅Reticular Activating System (RAS): network
extending from hypothalamus to medulla that mediates arousal
Sensoristasis: optimal arousal state
Adaptation: repeated stimulus that eventually goes unnoticed
Nursing Strategies for Confused/Unconscious -
correct answer ✅Confused: face-to-face contact, speak
calmly/simply/directly, allow time for pt response, fill personal
space w/ personal objects, orient & reorient (conversation, clocks,
calendar, TV)
Unconscious: Hearing is the last sense lost, talk in normal tone,
don't neglect touch, reduce stimuli
factors influence sensory function -
correct answer ✅Developmental: elderly at greatest risk
Lifestyle/Environment: occupation, smoking/drug use, recreation
Stimuli: deprivation/overload
