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NURS 258 Eyes and Ears Questions
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newborns and eyes
✓ 1. most are far-sighted; this gradually improves at age 7-8
✓ 2. peripheral vision is intact for the newborn
✓ 3. @ 3/4 m.o, binocularity is intact
toddlers and eyes
✓ -test for strabismus using the cover test.
✓ -early recognition is essential for preventing permanent loss of vision in the lazy eye
✓ -ptosis is NOT lazy eye (it is an over-hanging eyelid)
preschool/school-aged children and eyes
✓ color vision needs to be assessed
✓ **inherited recessive x-linked trait
✓ *rare in females
✓ *use plates, typically only need to test once
✓ ***females need 2 X chromosomes for color blindness to be present, males only
need one.
presbyopia
✓ farsightedness caused by loss of elasticity of the lens of the eye, occurring typically in
middle and old age.
✓ **eye cannot see things close up.
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decreased adaptation to darkness
✓ older population needs more light to see and may have difficulty with driving at night
common causes of decreased visual functioning
✓ cataract formation, glaucoma, macular degeneration
cataracts
✓ clouding of the crystalline lens partly due to ultraviolet radiation
✓ **clumping of protein= opaque appearance
glaucoma
✓ increased intraocular pressure results in damage to the retina and optic nerve (CN
II) with loss of peripheral vision
✓ **normal fluid found in the eye cannot drain and builds up resulting in increased
intraocular pressure
✓ **graves disease
macular degeneration
✓ breakdown or thinning of the tissues in the macula, resulting in partial or complete
loss of central vision
cornea may look cloudy
✓ neurovascular decline in the macula
pupils and old people
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NURS 258 Eyes and Ears Questions
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newborns and eyes
✓ 1. most are far-sighted; this gradually improves at age 7-8
✓ 2. peripheral vision is intact for the newborn
✓ 3. @ 3/4 m.o, binocularity is intact
toddlers and eyes
✓ -test for strabismus using the cover test.
✓ -early recognition is essential for preventing permanent loss of vision in the lazy eye
✓ -ptosis is NOT lazy eye (it is an over-hanging eyelid)
preschool/school-aged children and eyes
✓ color vision needs to be assessed
✓ **inherited recessive x-linked trait
✓ *rare in females
✓ *use plates, typically only need to test once
✓ ***females need 2 X chromosomes for color blindness to be present, males only
need one.
presbyopia
✓ farsightedness caused by loss of elasticity of the lens of the eye, occurring typically in
middle and old age.
✓ **eye cannot see things close up.
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decreased adaptation to darkness
✓ older population needs more light to see and may have difficulty with driving at night
common causes of decreased visual functioning
✓ cataract formation, glaucoma, macular degeneration
cataracts
✓ clouding of the crystalline lens partly due to ultraviolet radiation
✓ **clumping of protein= opaque appearance
glaucoma
✓ increased intraocular pressure results in damage to the retina and optic nerve (CN
II) with loss of peripheral vision
✓ **normal fluid found in the eye cannot drain and builds up resulting in increased
intraocular pressure
✓ **graves disease
macular degeneration
✓ breakdown or thinning of the tissues in the macula, resulting in partial or complete
loss of central vision
cornea may look cloudy
✓ neurovascular decline in the macula
pupils and old people
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