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Nursing - 115 > Assessment of The Eye - Unit 2 > Flashcards

Assessment of The Eye - Unit 2 Flashcards

1
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Diplopia - def

A

Double vision.

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Exophta Imos - def

A

protruding eyes.

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3
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Enophtha Imos - def

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sunken eyes.

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Eyes - we are looking for symmetry. T/F?

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True!

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5
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Eyelids - what are we looking for?

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Color, lesions, sty or hordeolum, periorbital edema, etc.

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Chalazion - plugged up sebacious gland. T/F?

A

True!

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7
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Blepharitis - inflammation of the ___.

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Eyelids.

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8
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Entropion - in or out?

A

In

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Ectropion - in or out?

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Out!

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10
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Ptosis - ___ eyelid.

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Drooping!

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11
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Stye - infected _ _ on eye.

A

Hair follicle.

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12
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Conjunctiva - eye - what is it?

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Covers white part of eye - okay to see a few little red lines!

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13
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Arcus Senilis - build up of…

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lipds around edge of iris.

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14
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Pupil - anisocoria - what is it?

A

Unequal.

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15
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Pupil - mydriasis - what is it?

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6mm - big - possibly from cardiac arrest?

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16
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Pupil - miosis - < __?

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2mm, small!

17
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Pupil - direct response - what is it?

A

Shining on one eye.

18
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Pupil - consensual response to light - what?

A

Shine light on one, and both will constrict.

19
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Accommodation - could be…

A

brisk, moderate, sluggish, fixed, nonreactive, etc. Document as 6->2.

20
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Pupil - Documentation - PERRLA - what is it?

A

Pupils Equal, Round, react to Light & Accommodation.

21
Q

Cataracts - what are they?

A

Can be caused by aging and steroids. Lens becomes opaque!

22
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Macular Degeneration - what is it?

A

Degeneration of the macular - loss of CENTRAL vision.

23
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Glaucoma - increased what?

A

Intraocular pressure - antihistamines increase this. Loss of peripheral vision!

24
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Strabismus - des

A

cross eyes. - Muscles aren’t coordinated.

25
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Amblyopia - def

A

Loss of vision due to muscle imbalance.

26
Q

Diplopia - def

A

double vision.

27
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Nystagmus - def

A

Uncontrollable, involuntary movement (jerking?)

28
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Presbyopia - def

A

Far sightedness - person cannot see near but can see far. Loss of ACCOMMODATION.

29
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Myopia - def

A

near sightedness - can see near, but cannot see far. Error in refraction of the lens.

30
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What Cranial Nerves do this? Muscle name, too!

A

Answers in pic!

31
Q

Cardinal Field’s of Gaze - normal is when both eyes move __ and __ through 6 fields of gaze.

A

Smoothly/symmetrically.

32
Q

A few beat of nystagmus in the eye is normal! T/F?

33
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Accommodation - pupils ___ & ___.

A

Constrict & converge.

34
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What are some changes in the eyes with aging?

A

Dry eyes, arcus senilis, presbyopia (decrease ability to accommodate).

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