MDC 1 - Exam 2 Study Guide 2022
- Always knock or announce your entrance into the patient's room or
area and introduce yourself.
- Orient the patient to the environment, counting steps with him or her
to the bathroom
- Help the patient place objects on the bedside table or in the bed and
around the bed and room and do not move them without the patient's
permission
- Remove all objects and clutter between the patient's bed and the
bathroom.
- Use a normal tone of voice.
correct answer: What are some nursing interventions for visual
impairment?
,anisocoria
correct answer: : a condition in which the pupils are unequal in size
exophthalmos
correct answer: : protrusion of the eyeballs, as seen in Graves disease
enophthalmos
correct answer: : : unken eyes, eyeballs are recessed
,ptosis
correct answer: : prolapse, downward displacement, dropping
- Put in lower conjunctival sac
- Do not drop in center of eye
- Stabilize hands on facial structures (bony prominences)
- Hold the inner eye to avoid systemic effects (punctal occlusion)
- Do not let dropper touch their eye
- Wash hands before
correct answer: : Patient education for instilling eye drops
punctal occlusion
, correct answer: Drainage of topical drops from the eye and their
systemic absorption can be prevented by _________ _________?
· Blurred vision
· Clouded vision
· Decreased color perception
· May think that glasses are smudged
· Double vision
· Halos around objects
· Problems with ADL'S
· Affects reading and driving
· Impaired night vision
· Frequents changes in eyeglass prescription
· Without surgical intervention blindness follows
- Always knock or announce your entrance into the patient's room or
area and introduce yourself.
- Orient the patient to the environment, counting steps with him or her
to the bathroom
- Help the patient place objects on the bedside table or in the bed and
around the bed and room and do not move them without the patient's
permission
- Remove all objects and clutter between the patient's bed and the
bathroom.
- Use a normal tone of voice.
correct answer: What are some nursing interventions for visual
impairment?
,anisocoria
correct answer: : a condition in which the pupils are unequal in size
exophthalmos
correct answer: : protrusion of the eyeballs, as seen in Graves disease
enophthalmos
correct answer: : : unken eyes, eyeballs are recessed
,ptosis
correct answer: : prolapse, downward displacement, dropping
- Put in lower conjunctival sac
- Do not drop in center of eye
- Stabilize hands on facial structures (bony prominences)
- Hold the inner eye to avoid systemic effects (punctal occlusion)
- Do not let dropper touch their eye
- Wash hands before
correct answer: : Patient education for instilling eye drops
punctal occlusion
, correct answer: Drainage of topical drops from the eye and their
systemic absorption can be prevented by _________ _________?
· Blurred vision
· Clouded vision
· Decreased color perception
· May think that glasses are smudged
· Double vision
· Halos around objects
· Problems with ADL'S
· Affects reading and driving
· Impaired night vision
· Frequents changes in eyeglass prescription
· Without surgical intervention blindness follows
