Difficulty: Medium
Average Score: 70%
Simulated
A nurse is caring for a client who has had a stroke involving the right hemisphere. Which of the following alterations in function should the nurse expect?
Correct answer
A,C
Rationale
A stroke involving the right hemisphere can impair the ability to recognize faces (prosopagnosia) and cause weakness or paralysis of the left side of the body (right hemiparesis).