The nurse is writing a nutritional plan for a stroke patient with right sided hemiplegia and hemianopia. Appropriate nursing interventions include
A. Thinning liquids to enhance swallowing
B. restricting intake to liquids
C. placing food in the left side of the mouth
D. placing food interns in the right visual field
Ans: C. placing food in the left side of the mouth
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