The Nurse Performs a Visual Assessment on a Patient and Is

question 32

Multiple Choice

The nurse performs a visual assessment on a patient and is documenting the findings as the acronym PERRLA. What does PERRLA indicate?

• A)Palpebral angle rigid, right and left angles
• B)Patient's eyes round, regular, lively, active
• C)Pupils equilateral, regular, round, little accommodation
• D)Pupils equal, round, and reactive to light and accommodation

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Definitions:

Antipsychotic Medication

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Brain Damage

The destruction or deterioration of brain cells, often resulting in impaired cognitive, physical, or emotional functions.

Schizophrenia

A long-term mental disorder involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behavior, leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions, and feelings, withdrawal from reality and personal relationships into fantasy and delusion, and a sense of mental fragmentation.