A critical care nurse is documenting their assessment of a client they are caring for. The client is status post resection of a brain tumor. The nurse documents that the client is flaccid on the left. What does this mean?
A) The client has an abnormal posture response to stimuli.
B) The client is not responding to stimuli.
C) The client is hyperresponsive on the left.
D) The client is hyporesponsive on the left.

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The Answer of A critical care nurse is documenting their assessment of a client they are caring for. The client is status post resection of a brain tumor. The nurse documents that the client is flaccid on the left. What does this mean?
A) The client has an abnormal posture response to stimuli.
B) The client is not responding to stimuli.
C) The client is hyperresponsive on the left.
D) The client is hyporesponsive on the left.

A Critical Care Nurse Is Documenting Their Assessment of a Client