Sensory Alterations
The three components of any sensory experience
What is Reception, Perception, and Reaction?
A signal that something hurts
What is Pain?
How often should someone be repositioned?
What is Q2 hours?
Assessing a patient for sensory alteration should include
What is patient's mental status, physical assessment, survey of environmental hazards, social support, medications, and communication?
Common way to rate pain
What is 0-10 pain scale?
The type of sensory alteration occurs when a person has difficulty receiving or perceiving stimuli
What is Sensory deficit?
Lasts longer than 6 months and serves no purpose
What is Chronic Pain?
HIPAA stands for...
What is Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act?
Sensory alteration nursing education includes
What is the importance of periodic health screenings?
Non-verbal assessment for pain
What is watching for facial expressions, agitation, and loss of mobility?
When external stimuli are meaningless or deficient
What is Sensory deprivation?
All factors that can affect pain
What is age, gender, genes, spiritual influences, cultural influences, etc?
A method to prevent transmission of pathogens from one individual to another
What is Asepsis technique?
Reducing hazards for individuals with sensory alteration
What is Analyze hazards in the environment?
Common pain assessment tool
What is PQRST?
Excessive stimulation
What is sensory overload?
Non – opioid pain management
What is Ibuprofen, Tylenol, and aspirin?
What is "diagnostic label r/t relating factors AEB defining characteristics"
Reducing loneliness in aging adults with sensory alteration includes
What is spending time with the person in silence or conversation?
Common opioids for pain management
What is Oxycodone, morphine, hydrocodone?
The factors affecting sensory function
What is age, meaningful stimuli, amount of stimuli, social interaction, environmental factors, and cultural factors
Common non-pharmacological pain management therapies
What is therapeutic touch, meditation, prayer, repositioning, calm environment, and Exercise/yoga?
Nursing is an art and ...?
What is Science?
What is establishing a safe environment?
This statement “It's whatever the experiencing person says it is, existing whenever and wherever the person says it does.” was quoted by who?
Who is Margo McCaffery?