Sensory Stimulation

Recieving Stimulation or Data from External or internal thru the senses

5 senses

• Kinesthesia - Aware of position and movements
• Visceral - Inner organs

Selecting and organizing data into meaningful information

Agent, act or any other infuence affecting a response from the nervous system - must be present

Part of the medulla and hypothalamus. Poorly defined network. Mediats arousal by allowing certain signals to pass to cerebrum while others are not. Common stimulus is not allowed to pass while uncommon stimulus is permitted to pass.

Aware - Alert - A&O x3 Person place and time

not A&O x 3 - Decreased awareness - Impaired Judgement

Extremely Drowsy - But responsive to stimuli

Not responsive

Semi Concious - Aroused by extreme Stimuli

• Results from lack of stimulation - person may recieve stimuli in distorted manner
• Risk factors - Isolation - Bed confined - Depressed - Diffrent culture - Long term care - Sensory Alterations - Disturbance of NS

Cannot manage or process intensity of stimuli - Happens many times when hospitalized

Is the sense that senses the solidity of objects and the size shape and texture.

Kinesthetic disturbance.

Optimal State of arousal if the RAS