In review of a nursing home patient's chart, the nurse practitioner discovers that the neurology consult identified that the client has a homonymous hemianopsia. Which of the following statements accurately describes these findings?
A. Partial loss of visual acuity in the ipsilateral peripheral fields
B. Diplopia in the eye contralateral to the cerebral lesion
C. Loss of vision in either the right or left halves of the visual fields
D. Nystagmus in both eyes with asymmetrical movement
C
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