During an examination, the patient tells the nurse that she sometimes feels as if objects are spinning around her. The nurse would document that she occasionally experiences:
a. Vertigo.
b. Tinnitus.
c. Syncope.
d. Dizziness.
ANS: A
Vertigo is the sensation of a person moving around in space (subjective) or of the person sensing objects moving around him or her (objective) and is a result of a disturbance of equilibratory apparatus
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