Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Practice Exam

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The nursing assistant receives in report that a resident assigned to them has had a CVA or stroke. The resident has weakness to the left side. Which part of the brain was affected by the stroke?

  1. The right side

  2. The front side

  3. The top side

  4. The back side

The correct answer is: The right side

When a resident has weakness to the left side following a stroke, it indicates that the right side of the brain was affected by the stroke. This is because the left side of the brain controls the right side of the body, and vice versa. Therefore, weakness on one side typically indicates a stroke on the opposite side of the brain. In this case, since the resident's weakness is on their left side, the stroke likely occurred in the right side of the brain.

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