The patient presents to the emergency department (ED) complaining of sudden onset loss of vision in the right eye. The patient denies recent trauma or other symptoms. The nurse anticipates which report from the ophthalmoscopic exam of the retina?

A patient is admitted with concern for heart failure. Which symptom is a major criterion of heart failure according to the Modified Framingham clinical criteria for the diagnosis of heart failure?

A nurse is assigned to a 75-year-old patient with head trauma secondary to falling down the stairs at home. The patient is stable initially, complaining of headache and some dizziness, but no focal neurologic signs. That evening, the patient acutely becomes altered and rapidly loses consciousness. Which of the following most likely explains this patient’s condition?