A 20-year-old patient is experiencing difficulty with near vision. The nurse realizes that this finding is:
1. consistent with the aging process.
2. normal in a 20-year-old patient.
3. evidence of presbyopia.
4. evidence of hyperopia.
Question 2While exiting a burning building, a patient's eyebrows and lashes were burned. The nurse recognizes that this patient might experience:
1. wound infections.
2. fluid and electrolyte imbalance.
3. foreign bodies in the eyes.
4. itchiness as the hair grows back.
Question 3The nurse positions a patient for an eye examination. After repeated attempts, the patient is able to read all the letters on the Snellen chart without difficulty at a distance of 15 feet. From this finding the nurse determines that the patient:
1. has normal 20/20 vision.
2. has normal reading vision.
3. has visual impairments.
4. has a normal pupillary reflex.
Question 4A patient has sustained an injury to the inner layer of the left retina. The nurse realizes that this patient will have difficulty with:
1. tear production.
2. blinking.
3. reading.
4. peripheral vision and color perception.
Question 5A patient with an injury to the right eye has received an eye patch. The nurse understands that this patient might experience difficulty with:
1. depth perception.
2. reading.
3. light perception.
4. color perception.
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