Exam 49: Sensory Alterations

The home health nurse is caring for a patient with a tactile deficit; the nurse is concerned about injury related to inability to feel harmful stimuli.The nurse evaluates that the patient is able to safely care for himself when the patient demonstrates which action?

A nurse is caring for a patient who recently had a stroke and is going to be discharged at the end of the week.The nurse notices that the patient is having difficulty with attempting to eat his meal and is becoming tearful.The nurse includes which intervention in the patient's plan of care?

A nurse is caring for a patient with a nursing diagnosis of Hearing deficit related to presbycusis.Which assessment of the patient would indicate an adaptation to the sensory deficit?

The nurse is aware that which patient is most at risk for sensory deprivation?

What nursing action can the nurse implement to comfort an elderly patient with sensory deprivation to improve meaningful stimuli?

The nurse is caring for a patient who is having difficulty understanding written and spoken word? The nurse suspects the patient has _____ aphasia.

The nurse is caring for a patient in acute respiratory distress.The patient has multiple monitoring systems on that constantly beep and make noise.The patient is becoming agitated and frustrated over inability to sleep.Which action by the nurse is most appropriate for this patient?

A home health nurse is assembling a puzzle with an elderly patient and notices that the patient is having difficulty connecting two puzzle pieces.The nurse knows that this is most likely related to which aspect of sensory deprivation?

A nurse is caring for a patient who is experiencing vertigo.Which nursing intervention would assist the patient in controlling the vertigo?