When caring for a patient with a new right-sided homonymous hemianopsia resulting from a stroke, which intervention should the nurse include in the plan of care?
a. Apply an eye patch to the right eye.
b. Approach the patient from the right side.
c. Place objects needed on the patient's left side.
d. Teach the patient that the left visual deficit will resolve.
ANS: C
During the acute period, the nurse should place objects on the patient's unaffected side. Because there is a visual defect in the right half of each eye, an eye patch is not appropriate. The patient should be approached from the left side. The visual deficit may not resolve, although the patient can learn to compensate for the defect.
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