Fundamentals of PN Nur 160 Test- Questions
with Verified 100% Correct Answers
Nursing healthy history - Answer Biographical information, client expectations, present
illness or health concerns, health history, family history, environmental history,
psychosocial history, spiritual health, review of systems, documentation of findings.
sensory perception - Answer How you interpret your environment around you, using
your senses
Vision risk factors include - Answer Fall risk, use of medication causing blurry vision,
cataracts, glaucoma, age related degeneration, lifestyles, and occupstions
Assessment techniques for checking vision - Answer PERRLA, inspect eye structures,
symmetry, redness, irritation, snellen chart, eye test
Nursing interventions for vision - Answer Encourage use of magnifying glass, remove
throw rugs for fall risk, clear pathways, refer to ophthalmologist annually, clean eye
wear daily, educate the patient, adaptive methods like brain or large printing
Medicinal treatments for vision include - Answer Glass, contacts, surgery, medications,
adaptive methods
Cataracts - Answer clouding of the lens
Patients with cataracts may say they see - Answer Doubled/blurred vision, maybe
sensitive to light and glare, "misty vision"
, Cataracts Nursing Interventions - Answer Pre and post care, speak directly to them
when approaching the patient, educate the patient
Glaucoma - Answer increased intraocular pressure results in damage to the retina and
optic nerve with loss of vision (normal 10-22mm/HG)
The patient may say they see - Answer A "halo", the eye will look completely covered,
talk to the patient directly
Xalatin - Answer glaucoma, lowers eye pressure
Timolol - Answer Glaucoma, decreases eye pressure, high BP and is a beta blocker
Pilocarpine - Answer Causing the pupil in the eye to shrink and decreasing the amount
of fluid in the eye
Mannitol - Answer Reduces swelling and pressure inside the eye or around the brain
(water pill)
ARMD (age related macular degeneration) - Answer Progressive deterioration of the
portion of the retina called the macula, resulting in loss of central vision. Age-related
macular degeneration is the leading cause of legal blindness in persons older than 65
years; onset occur between the ages of 50 and 60
Hearing risk factors - Answer Certain medications, being exposed to loud noises over a
period of time can damage hearing
Tinnitus - Answer Ringing of the ear
