Nur 155 Exam 3 with correct Answers| Verified & Updated | 3 pages

Nur 155 Exam 3 with correct Answers| Verified & Updated | 3 pages Atelectasis - Answer ️️ -collapsed lung Fowlers position - Answer ️️ -45 degrees semi-Fowler's position - Answer ️️ -30 degrees High-Fowler's position - Answer ️️ -60-90 degreesa Stimulus - Answer ️️ -Agent or act that stimulates a nerve receptor Receptor - Answer ️️ -Nerve cell acts as a receptor by converting the stimulus to a nerve impulse. Most are sensitive to only one type, such as visual, Audio or touch Impulse conduction - Answer ️️ -Travels along Nerve pathways to to the spinal cord or brain. Perception - Answer ️️ -the process of organizing and interpreting sensory information Sensory deficit - Answer ️️ -Loss or impairment of sensation Sensory Deprivation - Answer ️️ -The absence of normal levels of sensory stimulation Sensory overload - Answer ️️ -exposed to far more info than can be processed Kinesthetic - Answer ️️ -Awareness of the position and movement of body parts Steriognosis - Answer ️️ -Perceive and understand an object by size, shape and texture through touch Sensoristasis - Answer ️️ -Person of optimal arousal Somnolent - Answer ️️ -extreme drowsiness but does respond to stimuli Acute confusion - Answer ️️ -delerium Chronic Confusion - Answer ️️ -dementia Contractures - Answer ️️ -permanent contraction or shortening of the muscle Atrophy - Answer ️️ -to waste away from lack of use Pooling of respiratory secretions - Answer ️️ -inactivity that interferes with the normal diffusion of O2 Co2 in the Alvioli Lack of exercise in the elderly - Answer ️️ -muscle tone, bone density, joints lose flexibility reaction time slows, bone mass dec