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The nurse is conducting a visual examination. Which of these statements
regarding visual pathways and visual fields is true?
a. The right side of the brain interprets the vision for the right eye.
,b. The image formed on the retina is upside down and reversed from its
actual appearance in the outside world.
c. Light rays are refracted through the transparent media of the eye before
striking the pupil.
d. Light impulses are conducted through the optic nerve to the temporal
lobes of the brain. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔b. The image formed on the retina is
upside down and reversed from its actual appearance in the outside world.
The nurse is testing a patients visual accommodation, which refers to which
action?
a. Pupillary constriction when looking at a near object
b. Pupillary dilation when looking at a far object
c. Changes in peripheral vision in response to light
d. Involuntary blinking in the presence of bright light - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a.
Pupillary constriction when looking at a near object
A patient has a normal pupillary light reflex. The nurse recognizes that this
reflex indicates that:
a. The eyes converge to focus on the light.
,b. Light is reflected at the same spot in both eyes.
c. The eye focuses the image in the center of the pupil.
d. Constriction of both pupils occurs in response to bright light. - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔d. Constriction of both pupils occurs in response to bright
light.
A mother asks when her newborn infants eyesight will be developed. The
nurse should reply:
a. Vision is not totally developed until 2 years of age.
b. Infants develop the ability to focus on an object at approximately 8
months of age.
c. By approximately 3 months of age, infants develop more coordinated eye
movements and can fixate on an object.
d. Most infants have uncoordinated eye movements for the first year of life.
- 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔c. By approximately 3 months of age, infants develop
more coordinated eye movements and can fixate on an object.
10. The nurse is reviewing in age-related changes in the eye for a class.
Which of these physiologic changes is responsible for presbyopia?
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, a. Degeneration of the cornea
b. Loss of lens elasticity
c. Decreased adaptation to darkness
d. Decreased distance vision abilities - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔b. Loss of lens
elasticity
11. Which of these assessment findings would the nurse expect to see
when examining the eyes of a black patient?
a. Increased night vision
b. Dark retinal background
c. Increased photosensitivity
d. Narrowed palpebral fissures - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔b. Dark retinal background
An ethnically based variability in the color of the iris and in retinal
pigmentation exists, with darker irides having darker retinas behind them.
12. A 52-year-old patient describes the presence of occasional floaters or
spots moving in front of his eyes. The nurse should: