Question

What Clinical indicator does the nurse expect to identify when assessing a client with a brain tumor in the occipital lobe.?

Answer 1

What clinical indicator does the nurse expect to identify when assessing a client with a brain tumor in the occipital lobe?

a. Hemiparesisb. Receptive aphasiac. Personality changesd. Visual hallucinations

Answer 2

Nurses expect to identify personality changes, memory problems, difficulty performing ADLs and visual hallucinations. Other symptoms can include muscle spasms, and loss of control of body functions. Observing any of these abnormalities cue nurses into the condition of a patient with an occipital lobe brain tumor