The nurse is providing care to a patient who is hospitalized following a stroke. The nurse assesses the patient for homonymous hemianopsia, which can be best defined as:

The nurse is providing care to a patient who is hospitalized following a stroke. The nurse assesses the patient for homonymous hemianopsia, which can be best defined as:



a. complete blindness in one eye

b. loss of peripheral (temporal) vision in both eyes; "tunnel vision".

c. visual aura at the beginning of a migraine headache

d. loss of the same field of vision in both eyes.



Answer: d. loss of the same field of vision in both eyes.


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