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PRACTICING FOR NCLEX

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

Circle the letter that corresponds to the best

answer for each question.

1.A patient who has been living in a nursing

home for the past 5 years no longer responds

to the everyday noises outside his room. This

ability to ignore continuing noise is known as

which of the following?

a.Sensoristasis

b.Sensory overload

c.Adaptation

d.Stereognosis

2.Which of the following statements concerning

sensory stimulation is accurate?

a.Different personality types demand the

same level of stimulation.

b.Decreased sensory stimulation may be

sought during periods of low stress.

c.Illness does not affect the reception of

sensory stimuli.

d.An individual’s culture may dictate the

amount of sensory stimulation considered

normal.

3.An unconscious patient is assigned to your

unit. When caring for this patient, you should

follow which of the following guidelines for

communication?

a.Hearing is the first sense lost in an

unconscious patient; therefore, verbal

communication is unnecessary.

b.You should assume the patient can hear

you, and talk with the person in a normal

tone of voice.

c.You should not touch the unconscious

patient unnecessarily because it may

confuse him/her.

d.You should keep the environmental noise

level high to help stimulate the patient.

4.Which of the following is the optimal arousal

state of the RAS?

a.Sensoristasis

b.Presbycusis

c.Kinesthesia

d.Stereognosis

5.Which of the following conditions occurs

when the RAS is no longer able to activate the

brain at a normal level and the individual hal-

lucinates simply to maintain an optimal level

of arousal?

a.Sensory overload

b.Sensory deprivation

c.Cultural care deprivation

d.Sleep deprivation

6.Your patient in a nursing home cannot control

the direction of thought content, has a

decreased attention span, and cannot concen-

trate. Which of the following effects of sensory

deprivation might he be experiencing?

a.Perceptual response

b.Emotional response

c.Physical response

d.Cognitive response

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Sensory Functioning

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