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c0205847 · **on:** Jul 17, 2018

A client complains to the nurse at the primary care physician's office of having difficulty with blurry vision. The client tells the nurse that the primary care physician says the blurry vision is the result of hyperopia.

Based on this information, what is the best description the nurse can provide the client about hyperopia? A) Objects at a distance appear blurred
B) Cannot see close objects clearly
C) Cannot bring horizontal and vertical lies into focus at the same time
D) Gradual loss of the function of accommodation

Question 2

A male client visits a healthcare center complaining of a skin infection. He has been prescribed an ointment to use for the next 10 days, every morning after a bath. A nurse has been assigned to demonstrate how to apply the ointment.

After 2 days, the client reports to the nurse that the ointment gives him a burning sensation. The nurse does not inform the supervisor. The client revisits the hospital 5 days later complaining that his infection has spread, giving him a bad itch. What reason should the hospital management cite while holding the nurse responsible for the worsened condition of the client? A) Withholding treatment
B) Termination of treatment
C) Refusal of care
D) Abandonment of care

kusterl · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 17, 2018

Answer to Question 1

B
Feedback:
A person with hyperopia cannot see close objects clearly. Objects at a distance appear blurred to a client with myopia. A person with astigmatism cannot bring horizontal and vertical lines into focus at the same time, causing blurry vision. Presbyopia is a gradual loss of the function of accommodation.

Answer to Question 2

D
Feedback:
It is a nurse's duty to inform superiors that the client experienced a burning sensation after applying the ointment. The nurse was also expected to make a report of the same. This action or the lack of action on the nurse's part is referred to as abandonment of care. Withholding treatment means denial of treatment or care, which is regarded as inappropriate or unavailable; termination of treatment is defined as an intentional decision to stop treatment at the client's request or after the healthcare team has determined that brain death has occurred; refusal of treatment can be termed as the denial of permission by the client to impart treatment to him or her.