FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING LESSON 9 ALTERED SENSORY PERCEPTION
VOCABULARY DEFINED ASTIGMATISM CONTACT LENS
VOCABULARY DEFINED ENUCLEATION
VOCABULARY DEFINED CATARACT
VOCABULARY DEFINED HYPEROPIA MYOPIA PRESBIOPIA Age Related
HYPEROPIA or MYOPIA?
VOCABULARY DEFINED OPTOMETRIST OPTHAMOLOGIST
VOCABULARY DEFINED PROSTHESIS REFRACTIVE ERROR
MAINTAINING PATIENT’S SELF-ESTEEM SENSORY AIDES: HEARING AIDES GLASSES/CONTACT LENS ARTIFICIAL EYES NURSE: should know if pt’s need/have them PROSTHESIS R/T SELF ESTEEM PROMOTES BODY IMAGE AND INDEPENDENCE SENSORY AIDES OR PROTHESIS IMPACT: COMMUNICATION PREVENTION OF INJURY MAINTAINANCE OF SELF-ESTEEM
CONTACT LENSES 3 TYPES: SOFT HARD RIGID GAS PERMEABLE (RGP) DIFFER IN SIZE, MATERIAL AND OXYGEN PERMEABILITY AVAILABLE FOR: DAILY WEAR EXTENDED WEAR DISPOSABLE
CONTACT LENSES SAFETY REMOVING LENSES CLEANING AND DISINFECTING S/S OF PROBLEMS: BURNING TEARING REDNESS DISCHARGE INSERTING LENSES
EYEGLASSES EYE GLASS CARE CAN HELP WITH ORIENTATION
EYE PROSTHESIS POST ENUCLEATION DUE TO: CARE PROCEDURES: TUMOR INFECTION SEVERE INJURY DRAINAGE CARE PROCEDURES: REMOVAL CLEANSING AND DISINFECTING CLEANING EYELID AND SOCKET INSERTING PROSTHESIS
EYE PROSTHESIS HOW WOULD YOU DETERMINE PROSTHETIC EYE?
EYE IRRIGATION PURPOSE PROCEDURE TO RELIEVE INFLAMMATION OF CONJUNCTIVA TO APPLY ANTISEPTIC SOLUTIONS TO FLUSH OUT EXUDATE OR IRRITANTS PROCEDURE FLUSH WITH TEPID WATER FOR 15+ MINUTES PREVENTS CORNEAL BURNING OR SCRATCHING
HEARING AIDES ITC ITE BTE TYPE DEPENDS ON PT NEEDS AND ABILITIES
HEARING AIDES
EYEGLASS AIDE
BODY STYLE HEARING AIDE
HEARING AIDES CARE OF THE HEARING AIDE: CLEANING INSERTING CHECKING FUNCTION
EAR IRRIGATION PURPOSE REMOVAL OF CERUMEN USE TEPID WATER NEVER IRRIGATE VEGETABLE MATTER BEANS OR PEAS
EAR IRRIGATION DO NOT USE PRESSURE WHEN IRRIGATING CAN CAUSE EARDRUM RUPTURE DO NOT OCCLUDE THE EAR CANAL WITH IRRIGATING DEVICE ADULTS—PULL PINNA UP AND BACK CHILDREN—PULL DOWN AND BACK HOLD SYRINGE ½” ABOVE CANAL AND IRRIGATE SLOWLY
PATIENT/FAMILY TEACHING PROTECT PATIENT WITH SENSORY DEFICIT ORIENT TO ENVIRONMENT USE TOUCH DO NOT MOVE FURNITURE WHEN AMBULATING STAY 1 STEP AHEAD ON NONDOMINANT SIDE, CLIENT TOUCHING ELBOW SIDE RAILS UP
PATIENT/FAMILY TEACHING HEARING LOSS: SIGN LANGUAGE FACE PATIENT FOR LIP READING SPEAK SLOWLY IN LOW TONE OF VOICE USE GESTURES WRITE WITH PAD/PENCIL ALLOW PATIENTS TO EXPRESS FEELINGS!
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