A client has sustained a severe head injury and damaged the preoccipital lobe. The nurse should remain particularly alert for which of the following problems?

Visual impairmentSwallowing difficultyImpaired judgmentHearing impairment

Explanation.

The occipital lobe is the visual lobe. If the client were having problems with the occipital lobe it would mean that the edema and bleeding were increasing in that area. Answers B C and D are not related to the occipital lobe.