Sensitivity Training

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Sensitivity Training

• Krystal Bennett RN, MSN

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The mind isnt always the first thing to go.

• Sight
• Hearing
• Taste
• Smell
• Touch
• Mobility

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Taste

• Poor dentition
• Decline in ability to recognize thirst

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Touch

• Demonstrate with the gloves
• Buttons, snaps, medication administration
• Setting alarm clock
• Tying shoes

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Hearing

• Possibly listen to examples of specific types of
  hearing loss while watching a patient/nurse
  interaction.

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Sight

• Cataracts 1
• Macular Degeneration 2
• Corneal Yellowing 3

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Smell

• Smell loses outnumber taste problems
• Unaware of body odor, excessive perfume, urine

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Mobility

• ADLs are done less frequently or all together
  omitted