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The nurse assesses a client who received a blunt head injury from a motorcycle crash. which finding indicates a basal skull fracture?

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Feeling tender and blessing to the head
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Basal skull fracture is a form of injury that causes a break of bone in the lower part of skull.

Examinations findings to indicate it include but not limited to bleeding from the nose and ears ,bruises around the eyes , black eyes ,bruising of the mastoid process of the temporal bone ,perceptive deafness ,neck stiffness , headache that get worse while on seat,feeling nausea and double vision.

If not treated early , it can lead to memory loss , impaired speech and mood swings.

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