The Nurse Is Starting a Peripheral Intravenous Catheter in the Right

Multiple Choice

The nurse is starting a peripheral intravenous catheter in the right hand of an unconscious patient.During the procedure the patient reaches over with his left hand and tries to remove the noxious stimuli.How would the nurse document this response?

A) Decorticate posturing
B) Decerebrate posturing
C) Withdrawal
D) Localization