Exam 59: Eye and Vision Disorders

A patient in the emergency department complains of severe pain in his eye and is seeing halos around lights and feeling nauseous.Which diagnosis should the nurse suspect?

A 60-year-old patient who has had an enucleation asks when he can get his prosthesis fitted.In approximately how many weeks should this patient expect to be fitted?

A patient who has had surgery this morning for cataracts is now going home.What should the nurse include when providing discharge instructions? (Select all that apply.)

A patient with glaucoma is taking a beta-adrenergic blocking agent, timolol (Timoptic).For which potential side effect should the nurse assess the patient?

A patient reports to a home health care nurse of having cloudy vision and seeing spots and halos around lights.What should the nurse suspect based on these patient symptoms?

What is the cause of glaucoma?

How does closed-angle glaucoma differ from open-angle glaucoma?

A 52-year-old patient reports that he must hold his paper farther and farther away from his face to read it.What is the nurse's most informative response?

A nurse explains that laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (Lasik)and photorefractive keratectomy (PRK)are methods to correct refractive errors surgically.What do these procedures reshape?

Which surgical implementation is most effective with retinal detachment?