Title: Apply the nursing process for a client with a disorder of the neurosensory system.
Course: Practical Nursing III (14052-III) > Section: Applying the Nursing Process to the Adult Client

Application should include

- identifying factors in the prevention of neurosensory system disorders
- describing steps in nursing assessment
- nursing management in diagnostic tests
- using skills involved with related procedures
- using nursing management of selected disorders
- identifying client problem and plan of care
- managing pharmacological and dietary plans
- providing educational guidelines.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What are the factors relating to the prevention of neurosensory system disorders, such as use of protective eye and ear equipment?
- What are the steps in the nursing assessment of the client with a neurosensory system disorder?
- How would one explain the purpose and nursing management of diagnostic tests, such as ophthalmoscopy, radioactive uptake, tonometry, and audiometry?
- How would one explain the pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, nursing management, and treatment modalities for disorders, such as
  - eye injuries
  - infectious and inflammatory disorders of the eye (e.g., conjunctivitis, stye, uveitis)
  - detached retina
  - cataracts
  - infectious and inflammatory disorders of the ear (e.g., acute otitis media)
  - otosclerosis
  - Meniere's disease?
- What are nursing diagnoses related to the client with disorders of the neurosensory system?
- How would one develop a plan of care to meet the biological, psychological, social, and cultural needs of the client?
- How would one integrate pharmacological agents, such as
  - mydriatics
  - antihistamines
  - antiemetics
  - antibiotics

in the nursing management of the client?

- What are the dietary principles in the care of the client?
- What are the educational guidelines for the client?