Author Question: While assessing a client's cranial nerve function, the nurse notes the client does not have an equal ... (Read 83 times)

burchfield96 · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

While assessing a client's cranial nerve function, the nurse notes the client does not have an equal smile and is unable to raise both eyebrows. The nurse would document this finding as being an impairment of which cranial nerve?

a. Trigeminal
b. Facial
c. Vestibulocochlear
d. Vagus

Question 2

An elderly client reports difficulty reading and driving, especially at night. He also reports he has difficulty getting up and down his stairs because they seem to blend together. Which nursing diagnosis is most appropriate for this client?

a. Sensory/perceptual alterations: sensory deprivation related to therapeutic isolation.
b. Risk for injury: falls related to declining vision associated with aging.
c. Sensory/perceptual alterations: sensory overload related to hospitalization.
d. Altered thought processes related to hospitalization and aging.