Which Technique Should the Nurse Use to Assess a Patient's

question 7

Multiple Choice

Which technique should the nurse use to assess a patient's cranial nerve (CN) IX?

• A)Apply a tongue depressor to the back of the throat.
• B)Ask the patient to read from a book or a newspaper.
• C)Ask the patient to smile, frown, puff cheeks, and raise eyebrows.
• D)Ask the patient to follow the examiner's finger as it is moved toward the patient's nose.

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Definitions:

Ellipse

A plane curve encircling two centers where the total distance from any point on the curve to the two centers remains unchanged.

Center

The midpoint or central point of a geometric shape, or a point that is equidistant from all points on the circumference of a circle or sphere.

Hyperbola

A type of smooth curve lying in a plane, defined as the locus of all points that satisfy the equation of the difference of distances from two fixed points (the foci) being constant.

Graph

A visual representation of data or mathematical functions, often plotted on coordinate axes.