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When using an ophthalmoscope to examine the internal eye, how does the nurse distinguish the retinal arteries from the retinal veins? a. The arteries are narrower than veins. b. The arteries are a darker red than veins. c. The arteries have no light reflex and the veins have a narrow band of light in the center. d. The arteries have prominent pulsations and veins have no pulsations. {Ans: a. The arteries are narrower than veins. The artery-to-vein width should be 2:3 to 4:5. Arteries are lighter red than veins. Arteries have a narrow band of light in the center and veins have no light reflex. Arteries show little to no pulsations and venous pulsations may be visible.}Wearing gloves, the nurse grasps the patient's tongue with a gauze pad and palpates a small, firm nodule on the left side of the tongue. Based upon this finding, what is the nurse's appropriate response? a. Document that the patient's tongue is normal on palpation. b. Inspect the left submandibular salivary glands for redness. c. Ask the patient to move the tongue in all directions. d. Palpate cervical and submental lymph nodes for enlargement. {Ans: d. Palpate cervical and submental lymph nodes