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    Case Study Eyes 11

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    The nurse is preparing presentations on eye health for different age groups. For children, the nurse will discuss vision screenings for amblyopia, strabismus, and refractive errors, as well as eye protection from chemicals, blunt trauma, cuts, and sunlight. For older adults, the nurse will discuss vision screenings for refractive errors, cataracts, macular degeneration, and glaucoma, as well as eye protection, contact lens care, and avoiding direct sunlight. A patient with diabetes and floaters is diagnosed with moderate nonproliferative retinopathy, which involves damaged blood vessels in the eye that leak fluid and blood, causing blurred vision and potential vision loss if not treated.

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    Case Study Eyes 11

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    The nurse is preparing presentations on eye health for different age groups. For children, the nurse will discuss vision screenings for amblyopia, strabismus, and refractive errors, as well as eye protection from chemicals, blunt trauma, cuts, and sunlight. For older adults, the nurse will discuss vision screenings for refractive errors, cataracts, macular degeneration, and glaucoma, as well as eye protection, contact lens care, and avoiding direct sunlight. A patient with diabetes and floaters is diagnosed with moderate nonproliferative retinopathy, which involves damaged blood vessels in the eye that leak fluid and blood, causing blurred vision and potential vision loss if not treated.

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    The nurse is preparing presentations on eye health for different age groups. For children, the nurse will discuss vision screenings for amblyopia, strabismus, and refractive errors, as well as eye protection from chemicals, blunt trauma, cuts, and sunlight. For older adults, the nurse will discuss vision screenings for refractive errors, cataracts, macular degeneration, and glaucoma, as well as eye protection, contact lens care, and avoiding direct sunlight. A patient with diabetes and floaters is diagnosed with moderate nonproliferative retinopathy, which involves damaged blood vessels in the eye that leak fluid and blood, causing blurred vision and potential vision loss if not treated.

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    Case Study Eyes 11

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    The nurse is preparing presentations on eye health for different age groups. For children, the nurse will discuss vision screenings for amblyopia, strabismus, and refractive errors, as well as eye protection from chemicals, blunt trauma, cuts, and sunlight. For older adults, the nurse will discuss vision screenings for refractive errors, cataracts, macular degeneration, and glaucoma, as well as eye protection, contact lens care, and avoiding direct sunlight. A patient with diabetes and floaters is diagnosed with moderate nonproliferative retinopathy, which involves damaged blood vessels in the eye that leak fluid and blood, causing blurred vision and potential vision loss if not treated.

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    Case Study: The Eyes

    1. A nurse is preparing an educational presentation on “Eye Health


    Promotion, Disease Prevention, and Education” focusing on various age
    groups. In order to maximize the effect of the presentation, the nurse
    plans to provide separate presentations to address the issues regarding
    children and those regarding the older adult. (Learning Objective 5)

    a. What topics should the nurse include in the child-focused


    presentation?

     ANSWER: The nurse should include the following topics in the child-
    focused presentation:
    o Vision screenings for:
     Amblyopia
     Strabismus
     Refractive errors
    o Eye protection:
     Chemical burns
     Blunt object trauma
     Cuts around/directly to the eye
     Avoidance of direct sunlight
     Sunglasses to protect the eyes.

    b. What topics should the nurse include in the older adult-focused


    presentation?

    a. ANSWER: The nurse should include the following topics in the


    older adult–focused presentation:
    o Vision screenings for:
     Refractive errors
     Cataracts
     Macular degeneration
     Glaucoma
    o Eye protection:
     Chemical burns
     Blunt object trauma
     Cuts around/directly to the eye
     Avoidance of direct sunlight
     Sunglasses to protect the eyes
    o Care of contact lenses:
     Wash hands when inserting or removing lenses.
     Wear and remove lens as prescribed by the health
    care provider.
     Clean lens as directed by health care provider/lens
    manufacturer.
     Do not share contacts.
     Unused solutions should be discarded at the expiration
    date.

    2. During a routine physician check-up, the patient is asked when was the
    last time he had an eye exam. This patient has a history of diabetes and
    states he has “floaters” in his eyes. The ophthalmologist diagnoses the
    patient with moderate nonproliferative retinopathy. How will you describe
    this finding to the patient in terms he can understand? (Learning
    Objective 3)

    ANSWER: Moderate nonproliferative retinopathy is essentially a


    progression from a milder stage.
     The blood vessels in the eye are damaged from microaneurysms (small
    saccular outpouchings). These miniature aneurysms can rupture and
    leak blood into the macula, the center of the retina that is responsible
    for central vision.
     Just like a damaged garden hose, the damaged blood vessels
    surrounding the macula leak, and fluid accumulates around the
    surrounding macular tissue, causing it to swell and create blurry vision.
     The danger is that such damage can result in reduced blood flow to the
    surrounding retinal tissue, leading to vision loss.
     This is called diabetic macular edema and it can occur at any stage of
    diabetic retinopathy.
     It is the most common cause of reduced vision in people with diabetes.

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