The nurse admitting a patient who has a right frontal lobe tumor would expect the patient may have
a. expressive aphasia.
b. impaired judgment.
c. right-sided weakness.
d. difficulty swallowing.
ANS: B
The frontal lobe controls intellectual activities such as judgment. Speech is controlled in the pari-etal lobe. Weakness and hemiplegia occur on the contralateral side from the tumor. Swallowing is controlled by the brainstem.
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