Ch 53: Care of the Patient with a Visual or
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1. A patient visits the physician for a ANS: C
routine physical examination that A major diagnostic eye test is the Snellen test.
involves testing distance vision. As While instructing a patient to perform this test, the
she faces the Snellen chart, the nurse will have the patient stand or sit 20 feet from
nurse is to instruct the patient to the chart and cover one eye to read the letters on
a. use both eyes to read the chart. the chart.
b. read the chart from right to left.
c. cover one eye while testing the REF: Page 1844, Table 53-2 TOP: Physical
other. examination
d. use any one eye since they will be
the same.
, 2. The patient tells the nurse that he ANS: D
is legally blind. This information "Legal blindness" refers to individuals with a
provides the nurse with which maximum visual acuity of 20/200 with corrective
information to use in planning care? eyewear and/or visual field sight capacity reduced
a. No vision enhancement by 20 degrees.
techniques would be appropriate for Categories have been established to help
this patient, because he is totally determine the exact extent of the vision loss and
blind. what assistive measures are appropriate for the
b. This patient probably has some individual. The nurse will need more information as
light perception, but no usable to the exact extent of the vision loss for this patient.
vision.
c. This patient has some usable REF: Page 1845 TOP: Blindness Step: Planning
vision, which enables him to function
at an acceptable level.
d. Further questioning is needed to
determine how this patient's visual
impairment affects his normal
functioning.
3. A patient is cleaning the garage ANS: C
and splashes a chemical in his eyes. Burns are medically treated with a prolonged, 15-
The initial priority after the chemical to 20-minute or longer tap-water flush immediately
burn is to after burn exposure.
a. transport to a physician
immediately. REF: Page 1864 TOP: Trauma Step: Planning
b. cover the eyes with a sterile
gauze.
c. irrigate with H2O for 15 minutes or
longer.
d. irrigate with normal saline solution
for 1 to 5 minutes.
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1. A patient visits the physician for a ANS: C
routine physical examination that A major diagnostic eye test is the Snellen test.
involves testing distance vision. As While instructing a patient to perform this test, the
she faces the Snellen chart, the nurse will have the patient stand or sit 20 feet from
nurse is to instruct the patient to the chart and cover one eye to read the letters on
a. use both eyes to read the chart. the chart.
b. read the chart from right to left.
c. cover one eye while testing the REF: Page 1844, Table 53-2 TOP: Physical
other. examination
d. use any one eye since they will be
the same.
, 2. The patient tells the nurse that he ANS: D
is legally blind. This information "Legal blindness" refers to individuals with a
provides the nurse with which maximum visual acuity of 20/200 with corrective
information to use in planning care? eyewear and/or visual field sight capacity reduced
a. No vision enhancement by 20 degrees.
techniques would be appropriate for Categories have been established to help
this patient, because he is totally determine the exact extent of the vision loss and
blind. what assistive measures are appropriate for the
b. This patient probably has some individual. The nurse will need more information as
light perception, but no usable to the exact extent of the vision loss for this patient.
vision.
c. This patient has some usable REF: Page 1845 TOP: Blindness Step: Planning
vision, which enables him to function
at an acceptable level.
d. Further questioning is needed to
determine how this patient's visual
impairment affects his normal
functioning.
3. A patient is cleaning the garage ANS: C
and splashes a chemical in his eyes. Burns are medically treated with a prolonged, 15-
The initial priority after the chemical to 20-minute or longer tap-water flush immediately
burn is to after burn exposure.
a. transport to a physician
immediately. REF: Page 1864 TOP: Trauma Step: Planning
b. cover the eyes with a sterile
gauze.
c. irrigate with H2O for 15 minutes or
longer.
d. irrigate with normal saline solution
for 1 to 5 minutes.
