Exam 25: The Sensory System: Eye and Ear

The student nurse is ambulating with a blind patient.Which technique(s)indicate(s)that the student nurse requires further instruction?

The nurse is orienting a visually impaired patient to a meal plate.Which action is most appropriate?

The nurse is assessing a patient's visual field.Which action(s)demonstrate(s)correct technique?

The nurse is reviewing the health history of a 26-year-old patient who denies corrective lenses.Which scenario indicates that the patient follows preventive eye examination recommendations?

When assessing for macular degeneration,the nurse should use which assessment tool?

An office assistant tells the nurse his job requires him to work at his computer for 7 to 8 hours each day.Which statement indicates that the nurse's teaching about preventing eyestrain has been successful?

Place the steps of instillation of eyedrops in appropriate order. -Step 2

The patient is experiencing frequent attacks of vertigo.When planning care,which activity should the nurse encourage?

Place the steps of instillation of eyedrops in appropriate order. -Step 4

Which component in the eye refracts light rays to be directed to the lens?

The nurse clarifies to the patient with an eye disorder that the fluid in the anterior chamber is called __________ humor,whereas the fluid in the posterior chamber is called __________ humor.

Which medication(s)may cause ototoxicity?

The receptors of light and color in the eyeball are the __________ and the __________.

The nurse is assessing an 84-year-old patient.Which finding is consistent with aging?

The nurse recalls that the Healthy People 2020 objectives for vision include directives for which goals?

The nurse is teaching a group of schoolchildren about the relationship between diet and vision.The nurse encourages the ingestion of foods rich in vitamin A.Which food choice should the nurse recommend?

Place the steps of instillation of eyedrops in appropriate order. -Step 5

During examination of the fundus of the eye,the nurse assesses a choked disc.Which statement accurately explains the significant of this finding?

The nurse is caring for a blind patient.Which action is most appropriate when entering the patient's room?

The nurse is caring for a patient who is experiencing diabetes-related visual changes.Which statement indicates that the patient accurately understands the nurse's teaching about the cause of vision changes in diabetes?