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How do we define an optometrist? correct answers ODs are the primary care professional for the eye. Optometrists examine, diagnose, treat, and manage diseases, injuries, and disorder of the visual system, the eye, and associated structures. Note that they also identify related systemic conditions affecting the eye. What is the scope of practice of an optometrist? correct answers OD's diagnose vision problems, ocular diseases, and systemic conditions with ocular manifestations. They prescribe...

OD correct answers doctor of optometry, from the term "Oculus Doctor", Latin for eye doctor. OAT correct answers Optometry Admission Test, a test required for attending optometry school ophthalmologist correct answers a medical doctor (MD) trained to perform surgery on the eye ophthalmoscope correct answers a device that makes it possible to see inside the eye optician correct answers someone who helps people pick out eyeglasses and ensures they fit properly or helps people learn a...

What is cultural intelligence? correct answers the ability to work effectively in culturally diverse situations How can one practice cultural intelligence? correct answers 1. Recognize your view is not the only one 2. Work to understand the differences 3. Be adaptable in the various contexts What is the UIW mission? correct answers educational excellence, faith, cultivates the development of the whole person, and values of life-long learning What are language and culture? correct answ...

Softmed 55 is a ______ disposable lens and Softmed Breathable Advanced is a _____ disposable lens correct answers Two Week and Two Week The FDT measures function of the correct answers Retina It is important for a patient to have _____ for a Contact lens follow up appointment correct answers Contacts in their eyes You should always double check the patients first and last name and date of birth on all new and returning patients. correct answers True What is the normal range of eye pr...

A pediatric optometrist works with: correct answers Children Which statement about Ophthalmology is true? correct answers An optometrist may detect diabetes during an eye exam. LASIK is: correct answers A procedure that corrects vision issues in most patients so they no longer need glasses or contact lenses An eye specialist who performs LASIK surgery is an: correct answers Ophthalmologist A _____ is an inflamed swelling on the edge of an eyelid, caused by bacterial infection of the ...

Primary health care practitioners of the eye and visual system correct answers What is the role of an optometrist? * Refraction and dispensing * Detection, diagnosis, and management of eye diseases * Rehabilitation of conditions of the visual system correct answers What are some services that optometrists provide? 1604 correct answers What year did Johannes Kepler publish correct explanation that concave lenses correct myopia and convex lenses correct presbyopia? 1621 correct answers ...

Sight correct answers A patients ability. Example: visual acuity Vision correct answers A patients process. This is learned/developed over time. What is the primary purpose of the visual system? correct answers Derivation of meaning and direction of action. In general, optometry is more about ________ while ophthalmology is more focused on ____________. correct answers vision; sight Historical origin of Optometry correct answers Jewelers --> Spectable Makers --> ODs General ...

emmetropia correct answers optical state of the eye in which parallel light enters the eye and focuses on the retina without the need for any corrective lenses or accommodation; this is the absence of refractive error and the "normal" or ideal state of the eye ametropia correct answers refractive error, "abnormal" optical state of the eye in which parallel light rays enter the eye and focus on an area other than the retina; this condition requires corrective lenses to produce clear retina...

Tonometer not working, px can come back to have pressures taken another day? correct answers - A2.18. Need to be able to practice under current standards of practice - CC part 7. Not practice under conditions that could impede judgement. - If delegate to unqualified member of staff then the qualified practitioner is responsible. Customer complaint letter about bad timing in practice and that he wants to go online for to get glasses. correct answers -A2.19. The practice must have a complaint...

anterior chamber correct answers fluid-filled space inside the eye between the cornea and the iris. aqueous humor correct answers clear, watery fluid that fills the space between the cornea and the front of the vitreous, bathing and nourishing the lens, iris, cornea. Maintains eye (intraocular) pressure. binocular correct answers using both eyes at the same time. blind spot correct answers sightless area within the visual field of a normal eye. Caused by absence of photoreceptors where ...

What was the first refractive condition for which lenses were used (for magnification)? correct answers Presbyopia When and where were spectacles most likely invented? correct answers Italy in the 1270s What was a "spectakle?" How was it used? correct answers A "lens on a stick." Or a lens affixed to a holder. It permitted small print to be read. What 1400s event greatly popularized reading among the public and the use of spectacles for that purpose? correct answers Began to find wi...

areas of speciality within optometry correct answers primary care pediatrics vision rehabilitation contact lenses/cornea ocular disease primary care correct answers the diagnosis and management of ocular disease, refractive error and the co-management of oculo-systemic disease, in patients from 12-100+ pediatrics correct answers diagnosis and management of infants and children (6 mo-12 years) as well as Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBIs), developmental disabilities, strabismus and amblyop...

Light is bent (refracted) primarily by the ______________ correct answers Cornea Light is bent (refracted) secondarily by the _______ correct answers Lens Light is focused onto the __________ which contains specialized neural cells called photoreceptors to process light and change it into a chemical signal which is transmitted through the visual pathway. correct answers Retina Majority of the light is focused onto the ___________ -> clearest portion of vision. correct answers Macula ...

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define ethics and concepts important to the study of ethics correct answers ethics: study of human behavior and ideal ways of being, conduct and character, right and wrong choices. important concepts in ethics: meta ethics, bioethics, and normative ethics rights: something owed to an individual, self-determination, and privacy. standard of best interest: doing what's best for the patient. thinking about quality vs quantity of life. paternalism: unilateral decision-making. deliberate ...

ADVOCATE correct answers for a patient means to stand up for that which is in the patient's best interest, as opposed to that which is in the best interest of the health-care provider, hospital, or staff. PRIMARY ADVOCATE OF PATIENT correct answers NURSE UNETHICAL BEHAVIOR correct answers ABUSE TO PATIENT FRADULENT DOCUMENTATION PRACTING W/O LICENSE TAKING MED FOR PERSONAL USE IMPAIRMENT OF NURSE BY ALCOHOL, DRUGS ETC EMPATHY correct answers AWARENESS OF AND INSIGHT INTO THE FEELI...

What are the 3 sources of law? correct answers 1. Statutory 2. Administrative 3. Case/Common Law What are 2 examples of statutory law, what do they specify, and who where they each created by? correct answers 1. Nurse Practice Act- created by state legislature; describes and defines the legal boundaries of the nursing practice 2. Americans with Disabilities Act- created by the U.S. Congress; protects the rights of disabled workers (either physically or mentally) within the workplace Wha...

course of action to be followed by a government, business, or institution to obtain a desired effect correct answers Policy policies the government makes on public's behalf to resolve a specific problem that affects society as a group correct answers Public policy policies regarding a goal in healthcare & a plan for achieving that goal correct answers Health policy specifies nursing leadership that influences & shape health policy & nursing practice correct answers Nursing policy la...

When working on a nursing unit that uses a hospital-wide information system for patient records, which items do nurses have the right to access and view? correct answers information regarding patients whose care in which the nurse in involved note: nurses should only access information regarding patients whose care in which the nurse in involved. they should not access any other patient information, including their own or those of a family member just because they have the ability to do so ...

The Nurse Practice Act correct answers -Developed by the Legislature, and enforced by the Board of Nursing. -Defines the responsibilities and authorities of the BON -Statutory law affecting nursing practice whiting the bounds of a state Objectives of the Nurse Practice Act correct answers 1. Defines the practice of professional nursing 2. Sets the minimum educational qualifications and other requirements for licensure 3. Determines the legal titles and abbreviations nurses may use 4. Pro...