Sensory Perception

Question 1

What is Kinesthetic?

Answer 1

Awareness of the position and movement of body parts.

Question 2

What is Stereognosis?

Answer 2

Ability to perceive and understand an object through touch, size, shape, and texture.

Question 3

What it mean when someone is in a Somnolent state?

Answer 3

Extreme drowsiness but will respond to stimuli.

Question 4

What are some medications that can decrease awareness of stimuli?

Answer 4

Narcotics, Antiepileptic Agents, Sedatives

Question 5

What is the nurse’s responsibility when giving a client medication that can decrease their awareness?

Answer 5

They’re responsible for protecting the client from injury from impaired sensory perception.

Question 6

What can a nurse to when giving the client medication that can decrease awareness?

Answer 6

They can educate the clients and their families on the effect medications produce that alter sensory perception.

Question 7

What are some clinical manifestations of sensory deprivation?

Answer 7

Excessive yawning, drowsiness, sleeping
Decreased attention span
Impaired memory
Hallucinations or Delusions
Depression and Crying over Small Matters

Question 8

What are some clinical manifestations of sensory overload?

Answer 8

Irritability, Anxiety, Restlessness
Disorientation
Increased muscle tension
Scattered Attention and Racing Thoughts

Question 9

What type of screening should infants be screened for before being discharged from the hospital?

Answer 9

Vision and Hearing Loss

Question 10

What is a common concern for clients with olfactory sense impairment? Why?

Answer 10

Food Poisoning because they have difficulty detecting spoiled meat or dairy products.

Question 11

What are common concern for clients with tactile sense impairment?

Answer 11

Burns and Pressure Ulcers

Question 12

What are some ways to prevent sensory overload for clients that are at risk for it?

Answer 12

Dark glasses (Vision), Earplugs (Hearing), Clean and Dry Dressings and Sheets (Smell)

Question 13

What is acute confusion and describe it?

Answer 13

Delirium- abrupt onset confusion that has a cause that, when treated, reverses the confusion

Question 14

What is chronic confusion and describe it?

Answer 14

Dementia- gradual and irreversible cognitive impairment (e.g Alzheimer’s disease)

Question 15

What is Sensory Deprivation?

Answer 15

Decrease in or lack of meaningful stimuli

Question 16

What is Sensory Overload?

Answer 16

Inability to process or manage the amount or intensity of sensory stimuli

Question 17

What is Sensoristasis?

Answer 17

The state in which a person is in optimal arousal

Question 18

How would you describe a state of confusion?

Answer 18

Reduced awareness, easily bewildered, poor memory, misinterpreted stimuli;
Impaired judgement

Question 19

What are some factors that contribute to sensory overload?

Answer 19

• Increased quantity or quality of INTERNAL STIMULI, such as pain, dyspnea, or anxiety
• Increased quantity or quality of EXTERNAL STIMULI, such as noisy health care settings or contact with strangers
• INABILITY TO DISREGARD STIMULI SELECTIVELY, such as through a nervous system disturbance or medication that stimulate arousal mechanism