An adolescent presents with sudden-onset unilateral facial weakness with drooping of one side of the mouth. The teen is unable to close the eye on the affected side, but has no other symptoms and otherwise feels well The nurse could summarize the condition by which of the following?
ExplanationThis client has Bell's palsy, which is an idiopathic mononeuritis of CN VII (the facial nerve) that innervates the face and muscles of expression.