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LP10: Cognitive and Sensory Impairments Flashcards

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What are the components of the Sensory Experience?

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*Reception
*Perception

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What are External Stimuli?

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*Sight
*Hearing
*Smell
*Taste
*Touch

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What are Internal Stimuli?

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*Touch
*Balance (vestibular)
*Kinesthetic (bod position)
*Visceral

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What is the structure of the cerebrum?

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Thinking, memory, learning

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What is the structure of the ceerebellum?

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Unconscious functions, equilibrium, smooth-muscle functioning.

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What is the structure of brain stem?

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Controls vital functions (HR, RR, swallowing)

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What factors affect sensation and perception?

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-Developmental stage
-Culture
-Lifestyle
-Stress
-Illness
-Medications

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What is Sensory Deficit?

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Can affect all 5 senses (vision, hearing loss, diminished taste, and smell decreased tactile)

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What are the levels of consciousness?

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*Alert
*Lethargic (somnolent)
*Obtunded
*Stupor or semi-comatose
*Comatose

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10
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What is arounsal?

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A person’s general response

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What is awareness?

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Accurate perception and reaction

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What is orientation?

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Perceptions of self to the surrounding environment

-Time
-Place
-Person

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What is Immediate Memory?

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Quick and info retained for a short period of time

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What is Recent Memory?

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Information retained within 24 hrs

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What is Remote Memory?

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Long term memory, such as birth date, etc.

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What is Dementia?

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A broad term for a slow, insidious process that results in progressive loss of cognitive function.

-Irreversible

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What is Alzheimer’s Disease?

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The most common type of dementia. Due to pathological changes in the brain tissue

-Can be treated but not cured
-Four stages -> Mild, moderate, moderate to severe, and late stage.

18
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What is Delirium?

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-Acute confusion.
-Temporary, tx reverses the confusion

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What is Perception?

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Awareness of reality

19
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What is Illusion?

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Taking info in but not interpreting it correctly

20
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What is Hallucination?

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Hearing and/or seeing things that are not there

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What is Delusion?

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Believing something that is not true. (Pt. believes that somebody wants to kill them)

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What is Aphasia?

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The loss of the ability to speak or write coherently, or to understand speech or writing, due to a CVA (stroke).

23
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What is Conduction Hearing Loss?

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Result of interrupted transmission of sound waves through the outer and middle ear structure.

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What is Sensorineural Hearing Loss?

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Damage to the inner ear, the auditory nerve, or the hearing center in the brain.

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What is Mixed hearing loss?

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Combination of conduction and sensorineural hearing loss.

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What is Presbyopia?

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Loss of elasticity of the lens and loss of ability to see close objects.

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What are S/S of Presbyopia?

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-Begins at about 45 years of age.
-Difficulty reading small print - newspaper
-Reading glasses or bifocals are required

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What is Glaucoma?

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Increased intraocular pressure within the eye caused by obstruction of the outflow of aqueous humor.

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What are the S/S of Glaucoma?

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-Develops slowly
-Can be genetic
-Cause of blindness in people over the age of 40
-Controlled with eyedrops
-Loss of Peripheral vision
-Halo’s around lights

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What are Cataracts?

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Opacity or clouding of the lens or its capsule

31
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What are S/S of Cataracts?

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-Occurs in persons over the age of 65
-Removed with surgery and replace by lens implants
-Can be congenital in infants

-Blurry vision
-Glare when driving
-Double vision

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What is Macular Degeneration?

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Gradual degeneration of the macular region of the retina gives us color vision, acute vision, and central vision.

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What are S/S of Macular Degeneration?

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-Central vision loss
-Wavy lines in the central vision

34
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What does PERRLA stand for?

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-Pupils
-Equal
-Round
-Reactive to light
-Accommodation

35
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What is Stereognosis?

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The ability to perceive and understand an object through touch by its size, shape, and texture.

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What are some stimulations that affect patient’s stability?

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-Isolation
-Visitors
-Able to utilize the tv, radio, newspaper
-Excess noise, stree

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