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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