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What are some nursing interventions - Always knock or announce your entrance into the
for visual impairment? patient's room or area and introduce yourself.
- Orient the patient to the environment, counting
steps with him or her to the bathroom
- Help the patient place objects on the bedside
table or in the bed and around the bed and room
and do not move them without the patient's
permission
- Remove all objects and clutter between the
patient's bed and the bathroom.
- Use a normal tone of voice.
a condition in which the pupils are anisocoria
unequal in size
,protrusion of the eyeballs, as seen in exophthalmos
Graves disease
sunken eyes, eyeballs are recessed enophthalmos
prolapse, downward displacement, ptosis
dropping
Patient education for instilling eye - Put in lower conjunctival sac
drops - Do not drop in center of eye
- Stabilize hands on facial structures (bony
prominences)
- Hold the inner eye to avoid systemic effects
(punctal occlusion)
- Do not let dropper touch their eye
- Wash hands before
,Drainage of topical drops from the punctal occlusion
eye and their systemic absorption
can be prevented by _________ _________?
Signs and symptoms of cataracts · Blurred vision
· Clouded vision
· Decreased color perception
· May think that glasses are smudged
· Double vision
· Halos around objects
· Problems with ADL'S
· Affects reading and driving
· Impaired night vision
· Frequents changes in eyeglass prescription
· Without surgical intervention blindness follows
, Patient Education for post-op · Wear dark glasses and avoid bright sunlight
cataract surgery · Do not drive
· Develop a schedule for the administration of post-
op eye drops. Be sure client or family can
demonstrate the correct technique for
administering the drops.
· Report Worsening Vision
· Observe for increasing eye redness
· Decrease in vision
· Floaters
· Sharp, or sudden pain in eye
· Green or yellow drainage on the lids and lashes
***avoid anything that increases IOP like...
· Do no bend at the waist
· Lift more than 10 pounds
· Sneeze or cough
· Blow your nose
· Strain to move bowels
· Have sexual intercourse
· Vomit
· Keep head in a dependent position
· Wear tight shirt collars
When the intraocular pressure glaucoma
increases it leads to compression of
the retinal blood vessels and
photoreceptors and their nerve
fibers resulting in hypoxemia and
death of the tissue and permanent
loss of vision
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What are some nursing interventions - Always knock or announce your entrance into the
for visual impairment? patient's room or area and introduce yourself.
- Orient the patient to the environment, counting
steps with him or her to the bathroom
- Help the patient place objects on the bedside
table or in the bed and around the bed and room
and do not move them without the patient's
permission
- Remove all objects and clutter between the
patient's bed and the bathroom.
- Use a normal tone of voice.
a condition in which the pupils are anisocoria
unequal in size
,protrusion of the eyeballs, as seen in exophthalmos
Graves disease
sunken eyes, eyeballs are recessed enophthalmos
prolapse, downward displacement, ptosis
dropping
Patient education for instilling eye - Put in lower conjunctival sac
drops - Do not drop in center of eye
- Stabilize hands on facial structures (bony
prominences)
- Hold the inner eye to avoid systemic effects
(punctal occlusion)
- Do not let dropper touch their eye
- Wash hands before
,Drainage of topical drops from the punctal occlusion
eye and their systemic absorption
can be prevented by _________ _________?
Signs and symptoms of cataracts · Blurred vision
· Clouded vision
· Decreased color perception
· May think that glasses are smudged
· Double vision
· Halos around objects
· Problems with ADL'S
· Affects reading and driving
· Impaired night vision
· Frequents changes in eyeglass prescription
· Without surgical intervention blindness follows
, Patient Education for post-op · Wear dark glasses and avoid bright sunlight
cataract surgery · Do not drive
· Develop a schedule for the administration of post-
op eye drops. Be sure client or family can
demonstrate the correct technique for
administering the drops.
· Report Worsening Vision
· Observe for increasing eye redness
· Decrease in vision
· Floaters
· Sharp, or sudden pain in eye
· Green or yellow drainage on the lids and lashes
***avoid anything that increases IOP like...
· Do no bend at the waist
· Lift more than 10 pounds
· Sneeze or cough
· Blow your nose
· Strain to move bowels
· Have sexual intercourse
· Vomit
· Keep head in a dependent position
· Wear tight shirt collars
When the intraocular pressure glaucoma
increases it leads to compression of
the retinal blood vessels and
photoreceptors and their nerve
fibers resulting in hypoxemia and
death of the tissue and permanent
loss of vision
