Disorders
Diabetic Retinopathy is common with the following prolonged condition:
History of diabetes mellitus with uncontrolled blood sugars
As you study the sensory system, you learn the human body has several senses. You also learn that the primary sensory system of the human body is the:
Visual System
As you explain the parts of the eye to the patient’s family, you explain the part of the eye that is white, thick, opaque structure composed of collagen fibers meshed together and gives shape to the eye is the ___________.
Sclera
While teaching a client with glaucoma how to instill eyedrops, the nurse should tell the client to do which of the following first?
Look up while pulling lower lid outward
A patient is concerned his changes in his vision may be cataract formation. Which of the following symptoms does the nurse understand is most indicative of cataract formation?
Blurred vision with glare present at times
You are the nurse in the physicians office. Your client is diagnosed with myopia and asks what it is. Which of the following responses is the most appropriate by the nurse?
“It is near-sightedness.”
The patient has just completed a procedure on her left eye. Which of the following activities would the nurse teach a patient to avoid so that intraocular pressure is not increased after eye surgery?
Coughing
The process when the lens of the eye changes its curvature to focus on the retina is ____________.
Accommodation
A client recently became blind from macular degeneration. What precautions should the nurse use when ambulating a blind client?
Precede the client with the client’s hand on the nurses elbow
The nurse performs a Snellen chart examination on a client during an eye exam. As she prepares for the exam, the nurse knows which of the following is accurate of the Snellen chart?
It is the most common performed eye exam
It assesses visual acquity
The chart is modified for children by using shapes or pictures
_______________ is a disorder of retinal blood vessels characterized by capillary microaneurysms and hemorrhage.
Diabetic Retinopathy
The nurse performs a visual assessment on a 66-year-old client and is documenting the findings. The nurse uses the acronym PERRLA. Which of the following does PERRLA indicate?
Pupils equal, round, react to light, accommodation
The part of the eye comprised of nervous tissue membrane that receives images of external objects and transmits impulses through the optic nerve to the brain, is what part of the eye:
Retina
A patient is to have a laser treatment to cauterize hemorrhaging vessels caused by diabetic retinopathy. The patient is gathering information for her family to help them understand. She asks the nurse what this procedure is called. Which response by the nurse is correct?
Photocoagulation
During an examination of a healthy eye, you would expect the patient’s intraocular eye pressure to be within the normal range of:
10-22 mm Hg
A patient is diagnosed with acute bacterial conjunctivitis. In providing patient teaching the nurse would tell the patient that this condition is more commonly known as which of the following?
Pinkeye
As you prepare for your state board exams, you are studying the eye and eye disorders. The condition of farsightedness is called:
Hyperopia
A patient is receiving information on his eye condition. The nurse explains the ________ manufactures and drains tears to keep the eye moist and to sweep away debris that may enter the eye.
Lacrimal apparatus
A patient with limited vision is being hospitalized. The nurse understands there will need to be some special preparation of the patient room to include:
Provide adequate lighting in the environment
Orient patient to the environment
Remove small, movable objects from the pathway
Involuntary, rhythmic movements of the eyes that may be horizontal, vertical, rotary or mixed is called ____________.
Nystagmus
The 62-year-old home health patient who is recovering from eye surgery complains of a feeling of “grittiness” in the eye that worsens during the day, blurred vision, and eyes may be reddened. What do these complaints indicate?
Sjogren syndrome
The patient explains to the physician that he is experiencing an inability of his eyes to focus in the same direction. This is called ____________.
Strabismus
Following an injury to the eye, the nurse explains to the patient and family that there is a jelly-like substance that gives shape to the eye. This substance also keeps the retina attached to the choroid and refracts light. This substance is:
Vitreous humor
A patient is receiving information about treatment for his cataract. What does the cataract treatment of phacoemulsification involve?
Breaking up the cataract with ultrasound
A patient is preparing for cataract surgery, and learns from the nurse, that the most common treatment for extracapsular cataract extraction is:
Phacoemulsification