10 Multiple choice questions
Term 1 of 10
A patient comes into the clinic complaining of pain in her right eye. On examination, the nurse
practitioner (NP) sees a pustule at the lid margin that is painful to touch, red, and swollen. What
is the most likely diagnosis?
Hordeolum (stye)
Chalazion
Conjunctivitis
Blepharitis
Term 2 of 10
A 47-year-old presents to the clinic with a red eye. How would the NP differentiate between
iritis and conjunctivitis?
Ciliary flush
Conjunctival injection
Hordeolum (stye)
Corneal ulcer
Term 3 of 10
An 82-year-old presents with several eye complaints. She states that her eyes are always dry
and look sunken in. What is the most likely cause?
Normal age-related changes
An infection
Allergies that are causing her symptoms
A nasal defect
, Term 4 of 10
A 25-year-old presents with bleeding in my eye for 1 day. He awoke this morning with a dark
area of redness in his eye. He has no visual loss or changes. He denies constitutional
symptoms, pruritus, drainage, or recent trauma. The redness presents on physical exam as a
dark red area in the patient's sclera of the right eye only and takes up less than 50% of the eye.
The patient's remaining sclera is clear and white. He also notes he was drinking alcohol last
night and vomited afterward. What is the best treatment?
Normal age-related changes
Reassurance that this lesion will resolve without any treatment in 2 to 4 weeks.
Sending the patient to the emergency department for immediate ophthalmology
consult.
Cold compresses and frequent handwashing.
Term 5 of 10
A 46-year-old is diagnosed with viral conjunctivitis. What treatment should be included?
Surgical intervention to remove the infected tissue
Steroid eye drops to reduce inflammation immediately
Supportive measures and lubricant eye drops
Antibiotic eye drops to eliminate the viral infection
Term 6 of 10
The NP should instruct a patient diagnosed with glaucoma that the purpose of medication is
to:
Ciliary flush
Lubricate the eyes
Lower the intraocular pressure
Estimating cup-to-disk ratio