MDC 1 - Exam 2 Study Guide / Comprehensive –
Expert Strategies, Review of Key Quizzes, and
Practice Questions for Guaranteed Success /
Newest 2025/2026.
Terms in this set (123)
- Always knock What are some nursing interventions
orannounce your entrance for visual impairment?
into the patient's room or
area and introduce yourself.
- Orient the patient to
theenvironment, counting
steps with him or her to the
bathroom
- Help the patient
placeobjects 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
andclutter between the
patient's bed and the
bathroom.
- Use a normal tone
ofvoice.
, a condition in which the pupils are
unequal in size
anisocoria
protrusion of the eyeballs, as seen in
Graves disease
exophthalmos
sunken eyes, eyeballs are recessed
enophthalmos
prolapse, downward displacement,
dropping
ptosis
- Put in lower Patient education for instilling eye drops
conjunctivalsac
- Do not drop in center
ofeye
- Stabilize hands on
facialstructures (bony
prominences)
- Hold the inner eye
toavoid systemic effects
(punctal occlusion) - Do not
let dropper touch their eye -
Wash hands before
Drainage of topical drops from the eye
and their systemic absorption can be
punctal occlusion prevented by
_________ _________?
,· Blurred vision Signs and symptoms of cataracts
· 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
, · Wear dark glasses and avoid Patient Education for post-op cataract
bright sunlight surgery
· Do not drive
· Develop a schedule for the
administration of postop 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
Expert Strategies, Review of Key Quizzes, and
Practice Questions for Guaranteed Success /
Newest 2025/2026.
Terms in this set (123)
- Always knock What are some nursing interventions
orannounce your entrance for visual impairment?
into the patient's room or
area and introduce yourself.
- Orient the patient to
theenvironment, counting
steps with him or her to the
bathroom
- Help the patient
placeobjects 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
andclutter between the
patient's bed and the
bathroom.
- Use a normal tone
ofvoice.
, a condition in which the pupils are
unequal in size
anisocoria
protrusion of the eyeballs, as seen in
Graves disease
exophthalmos
sunken eyes, eyeballs are recessed
enophthalmos
prolapse, downward displacement,
dropping
ptosis
- Put in lower Patient education for instilling eye drops
conjunctivalsac
- Do not drop in center
ofeye
- Stabilize hands on
facialstructures (bony
prominences)
- Hold the inner eye
toavoid systemic effects
(punctal occlusion) - Do not
let dropper touch their eye -
Wash hands before
Drainage of topical drops from the eye
and their systemic absorption can be
punctal occlusion prevented by
_________ _________?
,· Blurred vision Signs and symptoms of cataracts
· 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
, · Wear dark glasses and avoid Patient Education for post-op cataract
bright sunlight surgery
· Do not drive
· Develop a schedule for the
administration of postop 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
