Eyes
What equipment is used to measure ocular pressure?
What is a tonometer?
How are patients taught to sneeze after a Stapedectomy?
What is with their mouth open?
How are adult ear drops administered?
What is pulling the pinna up and back?
What is proper eye patch education for a nurse to give to a patient?
What is - do not read. Do not watch TV. Listen to audio books/music. Rest eyes. Do not exercise eyes. Do not apply pressure to eyes?
What are manifestation of diabetic retinopathy?
What is seeing spots in vision and unable to distinguish like colors?
What does PERRLA mean?
What is pupils equal round reactive to light?
With POAG what is an important medication education that must be reviewed with the patient?
What is taking medications every single day to prevent increased IOP- which would lead to irreversible blindness?
What are risk factors for developing external otitis?
What is swimming?
If a substance that is harmful (battery acid) gets into a patient's eye- what should the nurse do first?
What is flush/irrigate the eye with sterile solution?
What are manifestations of Meniere's disease?
What is dizziness, unilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus?
What is consensual response?
What is when both eyes react at the same time to a light shone into only one of the eyes?
What are manifestations of POAG?
What is loss of peripheral vision, halos around lights?
What tests are completed using a tuning fork?
What is Weber and Rinne tests?
What are patient education points about Furosemide/ Lasix?
What is wear sunblock, ototoxic, monitor Potassium levels?
What are manifestations of a detached retina?
What is flashing lights, loss of visual acuity, loss of peripheral vision, cob like appearance with eventual total loss of vision?
What is punctual occlusion?
What is when the nurse applies pressure to the puncta (corner of the eye) to the bone?
What are manifestations of cataracts?
What is decreased color perception and blurry vision?
What does AC is greater than BC mean? Is this an expected finding>
What is air conduction is greater than bone conduction? What is yes?
What class of medications should a patient with AACG not take? Provide an example.
What is mydriatics? What is atropine?
If a patient suffers from presbycusis what are nursing interventions that can e used to help the patient hear better?
What is speaking in low tones slowly- facing the patient and eliminating background noise?
What is astigmatism?
What is the uneven curvature of the cornea (oval instead of round) resulting in blurred vision?
What is presbyopia?
A common change in vision when a person is 40 or older. The eye loses its elasticity making it hard to focus on objects that are close- often causing the person to pull things away to see them better.
Why do older adults have a greater risk/occurrences of cerumen impactions?
What is the shrinking of the ear canal and the dryness of cerumen?
What is an adverse effect of Timolol eye drops that are used for the treatment of POAG?
What is bradycardia?
After a stapedectomy what actions y the patient should the nurse call the doctor about?
What is anything that potentially extrudes the prosthetic stapes? Example- vomiting, excessive sneezing/coughing.