A Patient Is Complaining of Painful Tingling in the Digits

question 1

Multiple Choice

A patient is complaining of painful tingling in the digits of her left hand,accompanied by wrist pain.With the patient positioned with the palmar surface of the left hand facing up,the nurse taps the median nerve over the center of the wrist.If the patient has carpal tunnel syndrome,what would she now report to the nurse?

• A) inability of the patient to prevent her spread fingers from moving together
• B) tingling or pricking sensation of the hand, thumb, index, and middle fingers
• C) sudden onset of numbness of the little finger
• D) burning wrist pain that radiates to the elbow

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