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- Always knock or announce your entrance into the 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. - ANSWERSWhat are some nursing interventions for visual impairment? anisocoria - ANSWERSa condition in which the pupils are unequal in size exophthalmos - ANSWERSprotrusion of the eyeballs, as seen in Graves disease enophthalmos - ANSWERSsunken eyes, eyeballs are recessed ptosis - ANSWERSprolapse, downward displacement, dropping - Put in lower conjunctival sac - 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 - ANSWERSPatient education for instilling eye drops punctal occlusion - ANSWERSDrainage of topical drops from the eye and their systemic absorption can be prevented by _________ _________? · 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 - ANSWERSSigns and symptoms of cataracts · Wea