The nurse suspects that a patient is experiencing a hemorrhagic stroke from a ruptured cerebral aneurysm.What assessment finding caused the nurse to make this conclusion?

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A sudden severe headache is a classic symptom of a ruptured cerebral aneurysm and often indicates a hemorrhagic stroke. Slurred speech and visual field deficits may also occur in a stroke, but they are not specific to a hemorrhagic stroke caused by a cerebral aneurysm. Lower extremity weakness may occur in a stroke, but it is also not specific to a hemorrhagic stroke caused by a cerebral aneurysm.

The Nurse Suspects That a Patient Is Experiencing a Hemorrhagic