A patient who is in an intensive care unit and attached to monitors is at risk for which of these conditions?
a. sensory deficit c. sensory overload
b. sensory deprivation d. disorientation
C
Sensory overload is a state of excessive and sustained multisensory stimulation manifested by behavior change and perceptual distortion. A sensory deficit is a change in the perception of sensory stimuli. Sensory deprivation is a state of reduced sensory input from the internal or external environment. Disorientation is a mentally confused state in which the person's awareness of time, place, self, and/or situation is impaired.
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