The nurse would expect the patient with an alteration in proprioception to experience vertigo, which is manifested by:
a. headache.
b. light sensitivity.
c. a sensation that the room is spinning.
d. loss of feeling in the lips.
ANS: C
Alterations in proprioception are manifested by a sensation that the room is spinning, not head-ache, light sensitivity, or loss of feeling in the lips.
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