NUR 300 Eye
- subjective data in eye assessment
- vision difficulty
- pain
- diplopia
- redness
- swelling
- discharge
- photophobia
- scotoma (blind spot)
- glasses or contact lens
- last eye exam
Answer
- diplopia
Answer double vision
- past medical history for eye assessment
- glaucoma
- diabetic retinopathy
- cataracts
- macular degeneration
Answer
- family history for eye assessment
- glaucoma
- diabetic retinopathy
- cataracts 1 / 3
Answer
- macular degeneration
- How to test for visual acuity
Answer Snellen chart
- what does the numerator in the snellen chart indicate
Answer the distance the person is standing from the eye chart (20 ft)
- what does the denominator in the snellen chart indicate
Answer distance at which a normal eye could read that particular line
- what does a large denominator mean
Answer poorer vision
- presbyopia
Answer decreased accommodation resulting in hyperopia (farsightedness)
- how to test for presbyopia
Answer have person read a jaeger card 14 inches from the face
- what is normal jaeger card result
Answer 14/14
- convert to 20/20 on the card 2 / 3
- a confrontation test tests what
Answer tests peripheral vision
- have pt cover one eye and have them star directly at your eye or nose and test each quadrant in
- test one eye at a time
the pt's visual field by having them count the number of fingers that you are showing
- what to inspect when inspecting outer eye
- eyebrow
Answer
- skin
- hair
- epicanthal folds
Answer folds of skin that extend on either side of the bridge of the nose and cover the inner eye canthus
- brushfield spots
Answer salt and pepper speckling on the iris associated with Down Syndrome
- flattened nasal bridge
Answer Trisomy 21
- baby with fetal alcohol syndrome facial features
- / 3
Answer small eye openings smooth philtrum (the groove between the nose and upper lip) thin upper lip