The nurse is assessing a patient's eyes for the accommodation response and would expect to see which normal finding?

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The accommodation reaction includes pupillary constriction and convergence of the axes of the eyes. The other responses are not correct. Dilation of the pupil occurs with dimming the lights and having the person look in the distance, not when assessing for accommodation. Consensual light reflex is simultaneous constriction of the pupil opposite the pupil that light is being shined on. Conjugate, not disconjugate, movement of the eye (the axes of both eyes remains parallel while moving) is a normal finding.

The Nurse Is Assessing a Patient's Eyes for the Accommodation