NURS 3000 Exam queries and
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Nursing Interventions for Various Sensory Impairments - ANS✅✅Increase or Decrease Stimuli
-Explaining Care
-Visit More Often
-Orient
-Place TV, Radio, Calendar, Clock in Room
-Touch
-Elevate HOB
-Open/Close Door
-Turn Off TV
-Assist Out Of Bed, Ambulate
Normal Sensory Process Components - ANS✅✅1.) Reception (Nerve Cell Stimulation)
2.) Perception (Person is Aware of Stimuli)
3.) Reaction (Action)
Vibratory Sensations - ANS✅✅Awareness of Vibrations, Use Tuning Fork, Place on Bony
Prominences, Joints
Kinesthetic Sensations - ANS✅✅Aware of Position & Movement of Body Parts
Stereognosis Test - ANS✅✅Can a patient identify an object through touch?
-Patient makes a fist around object & tries to identify it with their eyes closed.
Visceral Sensations - ANS✅✅A stimulus that makes you aware of an organ.
-Ex: feeling full after eating.
How to Assess and Document LOC & Orientation? - ANS✅✅"alert & oriented x 3"
, -Oriented to Person, Place, Thing
What patients are at risk for sensory disturbances? - ANS✅✅-Risk for Injury
-Impaired Home Maintenance
-Risk for Impaired Skin Integrity
-Impaired Verbal Communication
-Social Isolation
What is sensory deprivation? - ANS✅✅A decrease or lack of meaningful stimuli.
What are signs & symptoms of sensory deprivation? - ANS✅✅-Excessive yawning
-Drowsiness
-Increased Amounts of Sleeping
-Impaired Memory
-Decrease of Attn Span
-Nocturnal Confusion
-Apathy
-Depression
-Crying
-Delusions
-Disoriented
What are causes of sensory deprivation? - ANS✅✅-Restricting Environment
-Decreased Input for Senses
-Meaningless Stimuli
What is sensory overload? - ANS✅✅When a person is unable to process or manage the amount or
intensity of sensory stimuli.
What are signs & symptoms of sensory overload? - ANS✅✅-Fatigue
-Irritability
answers graded A+
Nursing Interventions for Various Sensory Impairments - ANS✅✅Increase or Decrease Stimuli
-Explaining Care
-Visit More Often
-Orient
-Place TV, Radio, Calendar, Clock in Room
-Touch
-Elevate HOB
-Open/Close Door
-Turn Off TV
-Assist Out Of Bed, Ambulate
Normal Sensory Process Components - ANS✅✅1.) Reception (Nerve Cell Stimulation)
2.) Perception (Person is Aware of Stimuli)
3.) Reaction (Action)
Vibratory Sensations - ANS✅✅Awareness of Vibrations, Use Tuning Fork, Place on Bony
Prominences, Joints
Kinesthetic Sensations - ANS✅✅Aware of Position & Movement of Body Parts
Stereognosis Test - ANS✅✅Can a patient identify an object through touch?
-Patient makes a fist around object & tries to identify it with their eyes closed.
Visceral Sensations - ANS✅✅A stimulus that makes you aware of an organ.
-Ex: feeling full after eating.
How to Assess and Document LOC & Orientation? - ANS✅✅"alert & oriented x 3"
, -Oriented to Person, Place, Thing
What patients are at risk for sensory disturbances? - ANS✅✅-Risk for Injury
-Impaired Home Maintenance
-Risk for Impaired Skin Integrity
-Impaired Verbal Communication
-Social Isolation
What is sensory deprivation? - ANS✅✅A decrease or lack of meaningful stimuli.
What are signs & symptoms of sensory deprivation? - ANS✅✅-Excessive yawning
-Drowsiness
-Increased Amounts of Sleeping
-Impaired Memory
-Decrease of Attn Span
-Nocturnal Confusion
-Apathy
-Depression
-Crying
-Delusions
-Disoriented
What are causes of sensory deprivation? - ANS✅✅-Restricting Environment
-Decreased Input for Senses
-Meaningless Stimuli
What is sensory overload? - ANS✅✅When a person is unable to process or manage the amount or
intensity of sensory stimuli.
What are signs & symptoms of sensory overload? - ANS✅✅-Fatigue
-Irritability
