The Nurse Is Assigned to a 28-Year-Old Patient,whose Chief Complaint

question 28

Multiple Choice

The nurse is assigned to a 28-year-old patient,whose chief complaint is headaches and lightheadedness.The patient reports that at times he has sensations that he is moving in space,and occasionally it feels as if objects in the room are moving around him.The nurse recognizes that the patient is describing

• A) syncope.
• B) vertigo.
• C) paresthesia.
• D) an epileptic aura.

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