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A patient has received morphine for complaints of pain at a recent surgical incision site. After receiving the medication, the patient starts picking at the bedsheets and saying,
 
  Get the bugs off my bed, I can feel them crawling on me Which nursing diagnosis is appropriate for this patient?
  A) Disturbed Sensory Perception: Kinesthetic related to side effects of medication as evidenced by patient statement of Get the bugs off my bed, I can feel them crawling on me.
  B) Disturbed Sensory Perception: Tactile as evidenced by patient statement of Get the bugs off my bed, I can feel them crawling on me.
  C) Disturbed Sensory Perception related to patient statement of Get the bugs off my bed, I can feel them crawling on me
  D) Disturbed Sensory Perception: Tactile related to side effects of medication as evidenced by patient statement of Get the bugs off my bed, I can feel them crawling on me.

Question 2

A patient has just been told that he has lung cancer. The physician then describes several potential courses of treatment to the patient.
 
  When the physician leaves the room, the patient asks the nurse, What did he just say? The nurse understands that the patient is experiencing ____________.
  A) sensory overload
  B) sensory deprivation
  C) sensoristasis
  D) sensory perception



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Answer to Question 1

Ans: D

Answer to Question 2

Ans: A




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Reply 2 on: Jul 22, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

 

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