When assessing the client with Bell's palsy, the nurse anticipates which of the following findings?
1. Fine tremors of the hand; pill rolling of the fingers; and cog wheeling of extremities
2. Unilateral facial paralysis with sagging; inability to close the eye or wrinkle the forehead
3. Loss of memory and inability to plan, organize, and sequence; irritability
4. Lower-extremity weakness progressing in an ascending pattern to the upper body
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Rationale: Bell's palsy is acute paralysis of the facial cranial nerve, and will manifest as unilateral facial paralysis with sagging, inability to close the eye, or a wrinkled forehead.
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