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NUR 310 Exam 2 Sensory Perception Questions and Answers
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NUR 310 Exam 2 Sensory PerceptionQuestions and Answers
Functional Ability definition - Answer-The physical, psychological, cognitive, and social
abilities to carry out the normal activities of life
What are ADLs (activities of daily living)? - Answer-BATTED: bathing, ambulation,
toileting, transfers, eating, dressing
What are IADLs (instrumental activities of daily living)? - Answer-SCUM: shopping,
cooking/cleaning, using telephone/transportation, managing money/medications
Which is an elderly person more likely to forget first: ADLs or IADLs? - Answer-IADLs
When someone has alterations of functional ability, what are the nursing considerations
(what are we concerned about)? - Answer-•Interferes with performing ADLs
•Disabling, result in deformity
•Risk for injury, falls***
•Lead to issues with nutrition, elimination, communication, inactivity, depression
Any sensory, perceptual, or cognitive impairments may interfere with the client's ability
to..... - Answer-perform activities of daily living (ADLs)
What is our external sensory reception? - Answer-•Visual
•Auditory
•Gustatory
•Olfactory
•Tactile
What is our internal sensory reception? - Answer-•Kinesthetic
•Stereognosis
•Visceral
Kinesthetic reception - Answer-"feeling of motion"; we're aware of our limb position even
with eyes closed
Stereognosis reception - Answer-identifying objects through touch
Sensory Perception definition - Answer-The conscious process of selecting, organizing,
and interpreting data from the senses into meaningful information
4 aspects that MUST be present to receive data - Answer-stimulus-sensory input,
sensory receptors stimulated, nerve impulse conduction-transmission to spinal cord or
, brain, and perception-processing, related to previous experiences; this create a
response= touching a hot stove and pulling hand back
What is the Reticular Activating System? what does it extend from? what does it
mediate? - Answer-poorly defined network; hypothalamus to medulla; mediates arousal
Optimal arousal state - Answer-sensoristasis
Reticular Activating System: Cognition - Answer-intellectual ability to think
Reticular Activating System monitors and regulates what? - Answer-incoming sensory
stimuli
Normal Consciousness = - Answer-asleep (unconscious state)
Minimally Conscious= - Answer-stupor (unconscious state)
Delirium= - Answer-coma (unconscious state)
Dementia= - Answer-vegetative state (unconscious state)
What is locked-in syndrome (conscious state)? - Answer-pts are awake and alert but
can't move their body; normally happens after stroke
Confusion is a form of... - Answer-conscious state
Somnolence is a form of... - Answer-conscious state
Pertaining to functional ability and sensory function, who is at greatest risk? - Answer-
elderly
What is the importance of risk recognition? - Answer-Recognition is essential for early
identification of functional & sensory deficiencies
Early identification of functional & sensory deficits is linked..... - Answer-to health
outcomes
Functional and sensory deficits = - Answer-REDUCED health outcomes
IMACT stands for? - Answer-I= impairment
M= memory
P=Physical
A= Access
C= Clarity
T= Time
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