Which assessment finding alerts the nurse to the possibility that the client has a paralysis of the medial rectus muscle for the right eye? The client is unable to
A. Turn the right eye in toward the nose.
B. Lift the right upper eyelid.
C. Move the right eye downward.
D. Move the right eye upward.
A
Contraction of the medial rectus muscle turns the eye toward the nose.
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