Professional Nursing 2: Exam 3
1. Cataract presentation
a. Occur simultaneously in both eyes, painless, blurry vision
2. Risk factors for cataracts
a. diabetes, smoking, alcohol use, steroids, exposure to sunlight
3. Med purpose in glaucoma
a. Reduce intraocular pressure in eye
4. Open angle Glaucoma presentation
a. Patchy blind spots in your side (peripheral) or central vision, frequently in both eyes
b. Tunnel vision in the advanced stages
5. Treatment for glaucoma and cataracts
a. Surgery on lens
6. Presentation of retinal detachment
a. Shade blindness, visual loss, painless, floaters in vision, flashes of light
7. Presentation of macular degeneration
a. Painless, use of magnification to compensate for visual loss, blurred vision, blind spot in
the middle of the visual field
8. Best medication for open angle glaucoma
a. To treat intraocular pressure
b. Beta blocker: timolol
c. Prostaglandin: latanoprost
9. What does ototoxic mean and what can result
a. A substance that damages the acoustic nerve or hearing mechanism
b. Can damage the ear, cause permanent or acute hearing loss
10. Communication interventions for a deaf or Hard of hearing patient
a. Get the patient’s attention.
b. Face the individual directly.
c. Can they read lips
d. Use simple clear sentences.
e. Write things down for clarification.
f. Use sign language
11. Conductive hearing loss: what kinds of things are associated with this
1. Cataract presentation
a. Occur simultaneously in both eyes, painless, blurry vision
2. Risk factors for cataracts
a. diabetes, smoking, alcohol use, steroids, exposure to sunlight
3. Med purpose in glaucoma
a. Reduce intraocular pressure in eye
4. Open angle Glaucoma presentation
a. Patchy blind spots in your side (peripheral) or central vision, frequently in both eyes
b. Tunnel vision in the advanced stages
5. Treatment for glaucoma and cataracts
a. Surgery on lens
6. Presentation of retinal detachment
a. Shade blindness, visual loss, painless, floaters in vision, flashes of light
7. Presentation of macular degeneration
a. Painless, use of magnification to compensate for visual loss, blurred vision, blind spot in
the middle of the visual field
8. Best medication for open angle glaucoma
a. To treat intraocular pressure
b. Beta blocker: timolol
c. Prostaglandin: latanoprost
9. What does ototoxic mean and what can result
a. A substance that damages the acoustic nerve or hearing mechanism
b. Can damage the ear, cause permanent or acute hearing loss
10. Communication interventions for a deaf or Hard of hearing patient
a. Get the patient’s attention.
b. Face the individual directly.
c. Can they read lips
d. Use simple clear sentences.
e. Write things down for clarification.
f. Use sign language
11. Conductive hearing loss: what kinds of things are associated with this
