Eyes/Ears
What test are performed using a tuning fork?
What is the Rinne test and Weber test?
What is expressive aphasia? Provide an example.
What is receptive aphasia? Provide an example.
What is inability to express oneself? Repetitive words.
What is inability to understand messages? Raises hand when asked to stick tongue out.
What is subjective data? Provide an example.
What is objective data? Provide an example.
What is information obtained from the patient or family? Ex. pain
What is information observed through senses? Ex. vital signs.
What are folic acid dietary choices?
What is whole grain, green leafy vegetables, fortified cereals?
What are normal changes to a person's vision as they age?
What is presbycusis, yellowing of the lens, distorted depth perception, decreased lacrimal secretions, difficult to distinguish between dark blue/ black?
What image study uses a blue dye that may turn the patient's skin and urine blue for up to 2 days after the test is completed?
What is a lymphangiography?
Provide eye patch education.
What is do not watch TV, read, or exercise either eye? Do not apply pressure to patched eye. Rest eyes.
Does Hodgkin's or Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma have a poor prognosis?
What is Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma?
What medical conditions place a patient at an increased risk of developing vision problems?
What is diabetes, glaucoma, cataracts, blindness, MS, eye infections?
How is Hodgkin's Lymphoma diagnosed?
What is the presence of Reed- Sternberg cells and painless swollen lymph nodes in the cervical and axillary area?