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1 Exam 2 NCLEX Questions With Correct Answers
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/nurse //evaluates //the //visual //acuity //of //a //patient //using //the //Snellen //chart. //Which //statement
//is //true //regarding //the //use //of //the //Snellen //chart?
1. //The //chart //is //placed //40 //feet //away //from //the //patient.
2. //The //patient //reads //the //letters //using //one //eye //at //a //time.
3. //The //numerator //(top //number) //indicates //the //smallest //line //that //the //patient //could //read.
4. /
/The /
/denominator /
/(bottom /
/number) /
/refers /
/to //the //patient's //distance //from //the //chart. //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Correct //Answer: //2
Visual /
/acuity /
/is /
/tested /
/by /
/having /
/the /
/patient /
/read /
/the /
/lines /
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/on /
/the /
/Snellen /
/chart /
/with /
/one /
/eye /
/while /
/the /
/other /
/eye /
/is /
/completely /
/covered. /
/Then /
/the /
/opposite /
/eye /
/is /
/tested /
/in /
/the /
/same /
/manner. /
/(1) /
/The /
/patient /
/is /
/normally //20 //feet //away //from //the //chart. //(3) //The //top //number //indicates //how //far //away //the
//patient /
/is. /
/(4) /
/The /
/bottom /
/number //refers //to //the //distance //at //which //people //with //normal //vision //can //read //the //line //of
//the //chart.
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While /
/looking /
/at //
a/
/card /
/with //a //geometric //grid //of //identical //squares, //a //patient //is //asked //to //focus //on //a //central //dot
//and /
/to //describe //any //distortions //of //the //surrounding //boxes. //Which //patient //statement //indicates
//a //need //for //further //diagnostic //testing?
1. //"I //get //dizzy //staring //at //these //boxes //for //so //long."
2. //"I //am //beginning //to //see //color //differences //in //the //squares."
3. //"I //can //see //all //the //boxes //surrounding //the //dot."
4. //"There /
/are //wavy //lines //around //the //central //dot." //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Correct //Answer: //4
Seeing /
/wavy /
/lines /
/on /
/an /
/Amsler /
/grid /
/is /
/an /
/indication /
/that /
/the /
/patient /
/has //
a/
/macular /
/problem. /
/Further /
/evaluation /
/by /
, ////////////////////////////////////////////
/an /
/ophthalmologist /
/should /
/be /
/sought /
/quickly. //(1) //Getting //dizzy //does //not //indicate //macular //degeneration. //(2) //Color //difference //is
//not //
a //function //of //macular //degeneration. //(3) //Seeing //all //of //the //boxes //indicates //normal //vision.
During //a //health //care //provider //visit, //a //65-year-
old /
/man /
/complains /
/of /
/pain /
/in /
/his /
/right /
/eye //associated //with //excessive //tearing. //You //note //that //the //eye //is //red //with //lashes //rubbing
//against //the //cornea. //A //likely //condition //would //be:
1. //ptosis.
2. //ectropion.
3. //hordeolum.
4. //entropion. //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Correct //Answer: //4
When /
/the /
/eyelid /
/is /
/inverted /
/and /
/the /
/lashes /
/rub /