Interventions a nurse should implement to prevent cardiovascular complications include:
What is dangling feet before standing, PROM, AROM, leg exercises, apply ted hose, SCD's, assess for DVT, administer LMWH or heparin sc
100
When teaching a patient with glaucoma the nurse must stress
What is lifelong treatment, know IOP and desired range, and medication regimen
100
Process by which the lens of the eye adjusts to focus a clear image on the retina
What is Accommodation
200
Glaucoma causes congestion of the aqueous humor leading to
What is increased intraocular pressure
200
In this eye disease, surgery is not done until ADL's are affected
What is Cataract
200
This disease has clinical manifestations of intermittent pain with stiffness in the morning or after awakening that lasts 30 minutes or less
What is osteoarthritis
200
Post-op cataract surgery requires the patient to wear:
What is an eye patch
200
Seeing one object as two
What is Diplopia
300
This eye disease causes peripheral vision loss
What is Glaucoma
300
In this eye disease, beta blockers or cholinergic eye drops may be treatments prescribed
What is Glaucoma
300
This diagnostic test measures how fast red blood cells fall into the bottom of a test tube and is used to measure the degree of inflammation in the body
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate
300
Age Related Macular Degeneration requires the nurse to teach the patient to look at what several times a week
What is Amsler grid
300
Refractive error due to an irregularity in the curvature of the cornea
What is Astigmatism
400
This eye disorder mostly affects central vision
What is Age Related Macular Degeneration
400
In this eye disease surgery needs to be done right away in order to prevent permanent blindness
What is Retinal detachment
400
The nurse is teaching a client with diabetes mellitus about caring for their feet. What should be included in the teaching?
Daily inspection of the feet, wash feet daily and dry well, check water temperature, keep skin soft and smooth, trim toenails straight across, where closed well-fitting shoes and socks at all times
400
What would be 2 patient education signs and symptoms that the nurse would tell the patient to notify the physician post-op cataract surgery?
What is flashing lights, redness, increased swelling, increased pain, increased amount or type of eye drainage
400
Light rays focus behind the retina
What is Hyperopia
500
In this eye disease, the patient may report a sensation of a curtain coming across one eye, thus altering vision
What is Retinal Detachment
500
In this eye disease, surgery is done as an outpatient and takes around one hour
What is a Cataract
500
List 3 criteria for thrombolytic therapy
Greater than 18 years of age, no recent surgeries in the last 2 weeks, window time of 3 hours, and no Coumadin
500
In age-related macular degeneration when would the nurse tell the patient to call the physician?