What is the nurse doing a neurologic assessment on a patient who has suffered a left stroke likely to find?
A) Weakness in the patient's left hand
B) Drooling from the left side of the mouth when the patient is eating
C) Right visual field defects
D) Fixed left pupil
Ans: C
Feedback: A stroke causes a wide variety of neurological deficits, depending on the location of the lesion, the size of the area of inadequate perfusion, and the amount of collateral perfusion. A patient who has suffered a left stroke may experience right visual field defects. Drooling from the left side of the mouth, a fixed left pupil, and weakness in the left hand are characteristics of a right stroke.
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