The nursing instructor is teaching the beginning nursing students how to assess a patient's cranial nerve function. The instructor would teach the students to do what?
A) Assess hand grip.
B) Assess orientation to person, time, and place.
C) Assess arm drifting.
D) Assess gag reflex.
Ans: D
Feedback: The gag reflex is governed by the glossopharyngeal nerve, one of the cranial nerves. Hand grip and arm drifting are part of motor function assessment. Orientation is an assessment parameter related to a mental status examination.
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