Exam 14: Eyes

A patient's vision is recorded as 20/80 in each eye.The nurse recognizes that this finding indicates that:

The nurse is performing an eye-screening clinic at the day care center.When examining a 2-year-old child,the nurse suspects that the child has "lazy eye" and would:

The nurse is performing an eye assessment on an 80-year-old patient.Which of the following findings is considered abnormal?

Which of the following would the nurse expect to find when examining the eyes of a black patient?

Which of the following physiological changes is responsible for presbyopia?

A patient comes into the emergency department after an accident at work.A machine blew dust into his eyes and he was not wearing safety glasses.The nurse examines his corneas by shining a light from the side across the cornea.What findings would suggest that he has suffered a corneal abrasion?

A patient comes into the clinic complaining of pain in her right eye.On examination,the nurse sees a pustule at the lid margin that is painful to touch,red,and swollen.The nurse recognizes that this is

A patient is unable to read the 20/100 line on the Snellen chart.The nurse would:

When examining the eye,the nurse is aware that the bulbar conjunctiva:

When performing the corneal light reflex assessment,the nurse notes that the light is reflected at 2 o'clock in each eye.The nurse would:

An ophthalmic examination reveals papilledema.The nurse is aware that this finding indicates:

A 60-year-old man is at the clinic for an eye examination.The nurse suspects that he has a ptosis of one eye.How would the nurse check for this?

When assessing the pupillary light reflex,the nurse should use which technique?

In using the ophthalmoscope to assess a patient's eyes,the nurse notes a red glow in the patient's pupils.On the basis of this finding,the nurse would:

A 2-week-old infant can fixate on an object but not follow a light or bright toy.The nurse would:

When the retina is examined,which of the following is considered a normal finding?

During an ophthalmscopic examination of the eye,the examiner notes areas of exudate that look like "cotton wool" or fluffy gray-white cumulus clouds.This finding indicates which possible problem?

To assess color vision on a male child,the nurse would:

A 68-year-old woman is in the eye clinic for a checkup.She tells the nurse that she has been having trouble with reading the paper,sewing,and even seeing the faces of her grandchildren.On examination,the nurse notes that she has some loss of central vision but her peripheral vision is normal.These findings suggest that:

During an examination of the eye,the nurse would expect what normal finding when assessing the lacrimal apparatus?