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What nursing action is essential when a client experiences hemianopsia as the result of a left ischemic stroke?

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Correct option: Place objects within the visual field

An ischemic stroke in the left side of the brain caused hemianopia to this patient. Hemianopsia is a decreased vision or blindness, in this case, left half of the visual field.
Can also be caused by brain tumor and trauma.



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