Chapter 43 Sensory Functioning

Chapter 43  Sensory Functioning

Complete Chapter Questions And Answers
 

Sample Questions

1.
The nurse is assessing a client’s gustatory function. What approach by the nurse will assist in assessing this sensation?
A)
“Tell me if the taste on your tongue is sweet, sour, bitter, or salty.”
B)
“Repeat the words that I speak softly to you.”
C)
“Please read this paragraph to me.”
D)
“Close your eyes and tell me what you smell.”
Ans:
A

Feedback:

Gustatory sensations equate to taste. Repeating words assesses auditory function. Reading a paragraph assesses visual disturbances. Smelling assesses for olfactory disturbances.

2.
What term is used to describe the sense, usually at a subconscious level, of the movements and position of the body (especially its limbs) independent of vision?
A)
Stereognosis
B)
Visceral
C)
Proprioception
D)
Sensory perception
Ans:
C

Feedback:

Proprioception describes the sense, usually at a subconscious level, of the movements and position of the body (especially its limbs) independent of vision. Stereognosis is the perception of the solidity, size, shape, and texture of body parts. Visceral refers to inner organs and reception. Sensory perception is the conscious process of selecting, organizing, and interpreting data from the senses into meaningful information.

3.
A client says, “What is that awful smell?” What sense is being used?
A)
Olfactory
B)
Gustatory
C)
Tactile
D)
Auditory
Ans:
A

Feedback:

The senses by which a person maintains contact with the external environment are vision (visual), hearing (auditory), smell (olfactory), taste (gustatory), and touch (tactile).

4.
Which of the following best describes a stimulus?
A)
A sense organ that receives a message and converts it into a nerve impulse
B)
Conduction along a nerve pathway from the receptor to the brain
C)
Reception and translation of an impulse into a sensation
D)
An act or agent that initiates a response by the nervous system
Ans:
D

Feedback:

For a person to receive the necessary data to experience the world, there must first be a stimulus. A stimulus is an agent, act, or other influence capable of initiating a response by the nervous system.

5.
After assessing a client, a nurse documents the state of awareness as confused. What part of the brain controls awareness?
A)
Cranial nerves
B)
Reticular activating system
C)
Hypothalamus
D)
Medulla
Ans:
B

Feedback:

To receive stimuli and respond appropriately, the brain must be alert or aroused. The reticular activating system (RAS) mediates arousal.