A patient comes into the emergency department with complaints of partial loss of vision in one eye, numbness and tingling of the arm and leg, and dizziness. Which additional information should the nurse initially seek from the patient?
1. if this is a recurrent problem
2. if the symptoms are still present
3. if the patient fell
4. if the patient has high blood pressure
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Rationale: Although all of these issues are important in the assessment of the patient, it is essential to determine if the patient still has the symptoms or if they were time limited. If the patient still has the symptoms, it could indicate a transient ischemic attack or a stroke in evolution. Assessing if the patient has fallen is not important for the nurse to ask initially. Although important, determining if the patient has a history of high blood pressure can be determined at a later time.
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