A nurse who provides care in an ophthalmologist's office has received training on the technique for assessing patients' intraocular pressure (IOP). This nurse will possess the skills necessary to perform what type of diagnostic testing?
A) Tonometry
B) Direct ophthalmoscopy
C) Perimetry testing
D) Slit-lamp examination
Question 2
The nurse is conducting a physical assessment of a male patient who has been admitted to the hospital unit. The nursing documentation on the unit specifies an assessment of the patient's direct and consensual pupillary response.
How should the nurse assess the patient's consensual pupillary response?
A) Ask the patient to follow the movement of pen from several feet away to near the tip of the patient's nose
B) Ask the patient to look straight ahead while bringing a penlight in from the periphery of the patient's vision
C) Shine a penlight in one of the patient's eyes while observing the response of the opposite eye
D) Shine a penlight in the patient's eye while asking him to identify a common object with the other eye
Nurse-patient interaction; nonveral communication
A nurse shows empathy to a client.
Use and care of the stethoscope
Example use of a placeholder (X) and episode of care characters.
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