The nurse is conducting a health history for an older adult patient who states, "I seem to have more trouble driving at night the older that I get." When teaching the patient why this occurs, which will the nurse include in the teaching session?

1) Decreased contraction of ciliary body
2) Degeneration of cones
3) Degeneration of rods
4) Arcus senilis


ANS: 3

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