When the nurse is assessing the client's ability to receive and process stimuli through sensory organs, this is evaluating the client's:
a. sensation c. cognition
b. perception d. awareness
A
Sensation is the ability to receive and process stimuli through the sensory organs. Perception is the ability to experience, recognize, organize, and interpret sensory stimuli.
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