Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing, 15th Ed., Hinkle & Cheever | Registered Nurse (RN) School Study Aid
Care for the Visually Impaired
- Decreased Visual Acuity
- Snellen Chart
- Status of Corrective Lenses
- Sighted-Guide Technique
- Communication
- Safe Environment
- Medications
- Clock Technique for Food
- Activities of Daily Living (ADL)
Eye Medication Administration
- Supine with Neck Hyperextended
- Wash Away Crusts
- Cotton Ball on Cheekbone
- Instill Drops into Conjunctival Sac
- Repeat if Missed or Patient Blinks
- 5 Minutes Before 2nd Medication
- Thin Stream Along Inner Edge
- Inner Canthus to Outer Canthus
Chlamydia
- Chlamydia trachomatis
- May Be Asymptomatic
- Dysuria
- Epididymitis
- Discharge
- Dyspareunia
- Doxycycline
- Azithromycin
- No Intercourse for 1 Week
- Treat Partners
Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD)
- Dry (nonexudative)
- Wet (exudative)
- Scotomas
- Blurred, Darkened Vision
- Loss of Central Vision
- Distortion of Vision
- Drug Therapy
- Surgery
- Low-vision Assistive Devices
Cataract
- Age-related
- No Pain
- Cloudy Opaque Lens
- Decreased Visual Acuity
- Occurs Gradually
- Surgery
Detached Retina
- Flashes of Light
- Floaters
- Curtain Like Shadow
- Eye Patch
- Bed Rest
- Surgical Emergency
- No Vigorous Activity
Primary Angle-Closure Glaucoma (PACG - Acute)
- Rapid Increase in IOP
- Rapid Onset
- Pain
- Blurred Vision
- Halos Around Lights
- Nausea and Vomiting
- IOP over 30 mm Hg
- Drug Therapy
- Surgery
Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma (POAG - Chronic)
- Flow of Aqueous Humor Slowed
- Slow Onset
- No Pain
- Tunnel Vision
- IOP 22-32mm Hg
- Drug Therapy
Pilocarpine (Pilocar)
- Direct Cholinergic Agonist
- Contracts Iris Sphincter
- Contracts Ciliary Muscle
- Xerostomia
- Glaucoma
- Detached Retina
- Decreased Visual Acuity
- Eye Irritation
- Cholinergic Effects
- Avoid with Asthma or Bradycardia
Eye
- Sclera
- Cornea
- Iris
- Lens
- Ciliary Muscles
- Optic Nerve
- Rods
- Cones
- Retina