Author Question: An elderly client tells the nurse that she reads the paper better when the paper is off to the left ... (Read 53 times)

LCritchfi · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

An elderly client tells the nurse that she reads the paper better when the paper is off to the left or the right. The nurse realizes this client is demonstrating signs of which of the following:

1. Cataract
2. Macular degeneration
3. Vision changes from a stroke
4. Floaters

Question 2

Your client is receiving morphine for his metastatic prostate cancer. You know that the morphine is mediated by which receptor?

1. opioid
2. mu
3. kappa
4. delta

eliasc0401 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

2. Macular degeneration

Rationale:
Evidence of macular degeneration is blurred central vision with peripheral vision intact. Using peripheral vision to be able to read the paper is evidence of macular degeneration. Cloudy vision is seen with cataracts. There is not enough information to determine if the client is having vision changes from a stroke. Floaters are benign, dark spots that appear in the field of vision and usually do not need to be treated unless they create blind spots.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: 2