Sensory Impairment and Nursing Care
Answer the following:
1. Evaluate the impact of sensory impairment and how it relates to future nursing practice and the professional role
2 a. Describe importance of a more empathetic understanding of sensory impairment and how it can impact patient care outcomes.
b. Explain and evaluate three approaches to support positive patient outcome
c. Analyze how a professional nurse can support people with sensory impairment and raise awareness of service provision?
3 a. What community services are available in your area for sensory impaired individuals and how are these services accessed? (provide at least three online links/contact information) – around CLARKSVILLE and NASHVILLE AREA IN TENNESSEE
b. How will these services benefit sensory impaired persons? (Around CLARKSVILLE and NASHVILLE AREA IN TENNESSEE)
c. Theorize the potential implication of limited access to services and provision of care for the sensory impaired community members in your area. (HINT: Think health care disparities). (Around CLARKSVILLE and NASHVILLE AREA IN TENNESSEE).
Include this source, Lewis’s Medical-Surgical Nursing: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems, 12th Edition, Mariann M. Harding, Jeffrey Kwong, Debra Hagler, and Courtney Reinisch, include the page on the citation.
Other sources should have come from reliable website sources in the USA, evidence-based, reliable journals, and searchable on the reliable database, such as EBSCOhost. Sources should be at least five years (2019 onwards).
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Sensory impairment refers to the decreased or loss of the ability to receive, process, or interpret sensory information, such as vision, hearing, touch, taste, and smell. The impact of sensory impairment can vary depending on the type and severity of the impairment, but it can significantly affect a person’s quality of life, communication, mobility, safety, and independence. In nursing practice, sensory impairment is a crucial factor to consider when providing care to patients, particularly older adults who are more likely to have sensory impairment. Professional nurses must understand the impact of sensory impairment and use appropriate interventions to promote positive patient outcomes, such as providing sensory aids, adapting the environment, communicating effectively, and promoting patient education and advocacy (Lewis’s Medical-Surgical Nursing, 12th Edition, p. 85-86).
2a. Empathetic understanding of sensory impairment is critical to improving patient care outcomes because it enables nurses to understand and address patients’ unique needs and preferences. Empathy involves putting oneself in the patient’s shoes, acknowledging their emotions and experiences, and responding with sensitivity and compassion. Empathy can positively impact patient care outcomes by improving communication, trust, satisfaction, and adherence to treatment. It can also reduce the risk of medical errors, adverse events, and neglect. Therefore, nurses should cultivate empathy and develop a patient-centered approach that prioritizes patients’ dignity, autonomy, and well-being.

b. Three approaches to support positive patient outcomes for sensory impaired individuals are as