The Nurse Is Assisting with Caloric Testing on a Patient

question 9

Multiple Choice

The nurse is assisting with caloric testing on a patient who is persistently unconscious. Which response would the nurse expect if severe brainstem injury exists?

• A) No response
• B) Right beating nystagmus to cold water introduced in the right ear
• C) Left beating nystagmus to introduction of warm water in the left ear
• D) Nystagmus in both eyes with introduction of warm or cold water in either ear

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