NBEO Part 3 - PEPS (Patient Encounter and Performance Skills)
Exam Coverage
Exam coverage for the NBEO Part 3 - PEPS (Patient Encounter and
Performance Skills) includes clinical skills and patient care
competencies required for optometric licensure, administered by the
National Board of Examiners in Optometry (NBEO). It focuses on
patient assessment, case history taking, ocular examination
techniques, clinical decision-making, diagnosis interpretation, and
management planning. The exam also evaluates understanding of
communication skills, patient counseling, documentation, and
professional behavior in clinical encounters.
Emphasis is placed on applying clinical reasoning, performing
accurate patient evaluations, integrating diagnostic findings, and
,demonstrating safe, effective, and ethical optometric patient care. 👁️
📘
Corneal Foreign Body - Treatment
Remove foreign body with cotton-tipped applicator, or instill
Proparacaine and remove with instrument, remove rust ring with Alger
brush, place BCL if large epithelial defect, Moxifloxacin 0.5% qid x1
wk, Ketorolac 0.5% qid if pain, frequent PFATs
Corneal Foreign Body - FU
1 day if BCL, otherwise 1 wk
,Corneal Foreign Body - Education
You have a piece of metal in your that we have removed. We placed a
bandage lens on your eye to help your cornea heal, so you need to
return tomorrow so that we can remove it. We've given you an
antibiotic to use 4x per day, and we also rcmnd using PFATs 6-8x
throughout the next several days. In the future, it is important to
remember to wear safety glasses when working with metal.
Corneal Foreign Body - Testing
NaFl, Lid eversion, Retroillumination
, RCE/EBMD - Testing
NaFl, Lid eversion
RCE/EBMD - Treatment
Propraracaine and debride 1-2mm beyond lesion, Place BCL if not a
previous CL wearer, Moxifloxacin 0.5% qid x1 wk, Nacl 5% soln qid x2
wk then taper to qhs for 3 months, frequent PFATs
RCE/EBMD - FU
1 day for BCL, Otherwise 3-4 weeks
Exam Coverage
Exam coverage for the NBEO Part 3 - PEPS (Patient Encounter and
Performance Skills) includes clinical skills and patient care
competencies required for optometric licensure, administered by the
National Board of Examiners in Optometry (NBEO). It focuses on
patient assessment, case history taking, ocular examination
techniques, clinical decision-making, diagnosis interpretation, and
management planning. The exam also evaluates understanding of
communication skills, patient counseling, documentation, and
professional behavior in clinical encounters.
Emphasis is placed on applying clinical reasoning, performing
accurate patient evaluations, integrating diagnostic findings, and
,demonstrating safe, effective, and ethical optometric patient care. 👁️
📘
Corneal Foreign Body - Treatment
Remove foreign body with cotton-tipped applicator, or instill
Proparacaine and remove with instrument, remove rust ring with Alger
brush, place BCL if large epithelial defect, Moxifloxacin 0.5% qid x1
wk, Ketorolac 0.5% qid if pain, frequent PFATs
Corneal Foreign Body - FU
1 day if BCL, otherwise 1 wk
,Corneal Foreign Body - Education
You have a piece of metal in your that we have removed. We placed a
bandage lens on your eye to help your cornea heal, so you need to
return tomorrow so that we can remove it. We've given you an
antibiotic to use 4x per day, and we also rcmnd using PFATs 6-8x
throughout the next several days. In the future, it is important to
remember to wear safety glasses when working with metal.
Corneal Foreign Body - Testing
NaFl, Lid eversion, Retroillumination
, RCE/EBMD - Testing
NaFl, Lid eversion
RCE/EBMD - Treatment
Propraracaine and debride 1-2mm beyond lesion, Place BCL if not a
previous CL wearer, Moxifloxacin 0.5% qid x1 wk, Nacl 5% soln qid x2
wk then taper to qhs for 3 months, frequent PFATs
RCE/EBMD - FU
1 day for BCL, Otherwise 3-4 weeks
