During assessment of cognitive impairment, post-stroke, the nurse documents that the patient was experiencing memory loss and impaired learning capacity. the nurse knows that brain damage has most likely occurred in which lobe? occipital temporal frontal parietal submit answer

This patient has residual ischemic damage in the frontal lobe because of the history of stroke. The basis for the frontal lobe damage is that the patient presents with cognitive impairment, memory loss, and impaired learning capacity. The frontal lobe primarily manages cognitive functions such as judgement, attention span, inhibition, etc; as well as memory and learning. Damage to the frontal lobe will impair these functions.