The Nurse Reads a Client's Medical Record and the Last

Multiple Choice

The nurse reads a client's medical record and the last assessment documented the client's pupils as having consensual pupillary reflex. What does the nurse understand this to mean?

A) Normal: When a light is shined in one eye, the other pupil constricts too.
B) Normal: When looking at a distant object, both pupils constrict
C) Abnormal: Indicates return of a primitive reflex due to cerebral ischemia
D) Abnormal: Indicates impending brain herniation