The nurse,assessing a patient with a Glasgow Coma Score of 4,finds the patient's pupils to be pinpoint and nonreactive to light.The nurse takes into consideration that this finding can be due to which situations? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.
Select all that apply.
A) The patient was given atropine sulfate for bradycardia.
B) The patient has increased blood glucose.
C) The patient may have taken an opioid drug overdose.
D) The patient has sustained compression of the oculomotor nerve.
E) The patient has sustained damage to the pons.
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