NUR 155 FOUNDATIONS OF
NURSING TEST BANK 2026 TEST 1
TO 3 COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
◉ 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
NURSING TEST BANK 2026 TEST 1
TO 3 COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
◉ 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
