MDC 1 - EXAM 2 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS &
DETAILED COMPLETE RATIONALE
1. - Always knock or announce your en- What are some nursing interventions for vi-
trance into the patient's room or area and sual impairment?
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.
2. anisocoria a condition in which the pupils are
unequal in size
3. exophthalmos protrusion of the eyeballs, as seen in
Graves disease
4. enophthalmos sunken eyes, eyeballs are recessed
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DETAILED COMPLETE RATIONALE
5. ptosis prolapse, downward displacement,
drop-ping
6. - Put in lower conjunctival sac Patient education for instilling eye drops
- Do not drop in center of eye
- Stabilize hands on facial
structures (bony prominences)
- Hold the inner eye to avoid
systemic ef-fects (punctal
occlusion)
- Do not let dropper touch their eye
- Wash hands before
7. punctal occlusion Drainage of topical drops from the eye
and their systemic absorption can be
prevented by ?
8. · Blurred vision · Problems with ADL'S
· Clouded vision · Affects reading and
· Decreased color perception driving
· May think that glasses are
smudged
· Double vision
· Halos around objects
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DETAILED COMPLETE RATIONALE
Signs and symptoms of cataracts
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DETAILED COMPLETE RATIONALE
1. - Always knock or announce your en- What are some nursing interventions for vi-
trance into the patient's room or area and sual impairment?
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.
2. anisocoria a condition in which the pupils are
unequal in size
3. exophthalmos protrusion of the eyeballs, as seen in
Graves disease
4. enophthalmos sunken eyes, eyeballs are recessed
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DETAILED COMPLETE RATIONALE
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,MDC 1 - EXAM 2 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS &
DETAILED COMPLETE RATIONALE
5. ptosis prolapse, downward displacement,
drop-ping
6. - Put in lower conjunctival sac Patient education for instilling eye drops
- Do not drop in center of eye
- Stabilize hands on facial
structures (bony prominences)
- Hold the inner eye to avoid
systemic ef-fects (punctal
occlusion)
- Do not let dropper touch their eye
- Wash hands before
7. punctal occlusion Drainage of topical drops from the eye
and their systemic absorption can be
prevented by ?
8. · Blurred vision · Problems with ADL'S
· Clouded vision · Affects reading and
· Decreased color perception driving
· May think that glasses are
smudged
· Double vision
· Halos around objects
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54
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DETAILED COMPLETE RATIONALE
Signs and symptoms of cataracts
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