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Yolanda

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In assessing a patient with suspected Bell's palsy, what clinical manifestations might be present?
 
  a. Inability to wrinkle forehead and pucker lips
  b. Inability to touch nose with finger with eyes closed
  c. Symmetric facial expressions
  d. Excruciating lightninglike shock in lips

Question 2

Following the morning assessment of an older adult patient, the nurse has documented, Edema 3+ present to ankles and feet; dorsalis pedis and posterior tibial pulses palpable bilaterally.
 
  The nurse should recognize that this patient may be exhibiting symptoms of:
  A) Heart failure
  B) Angina pectoris
  C) Intermittent claudication
  D) Hypertension


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Reply #1 on: Jul 11, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Unilateral weakness of the facial muscles usually occurs, resulting in a flaccidity of the affected side of the face with inability to wrinkle the forehead, close the eyelid, pucker the lips, smile, frown, whistle, or retract the mouth on that side. The face appears asymmetric.

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Reply 2 on: Jul 11, 2018
Gracias!

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