Patho Exam 4

A patient has been diagnosed with bacterial conjunctivitis. This type of infection is usually characterized by large amounts of what color drainage?

yellow-green

A 69-year-old patient comes to the clinic for a routine checkup. Upon examination the nurse practitioner informs the patient that she has cataracts. The patient then tells the nurse that she already knew that and her physician told her that she could use bifocals and that would take care of the problem. What would be the best response by the nurse practitioner?

"surgery is the only effective treatment for cataracts"

The nurse documents the presence of nystagmus when assessing a client. This can be interpreted as:

Involuntary eye movements that preserve eye fixation on stable objects in the visual field

Select the statement that best describes Meniere disease.

Meniere disease is a disorder of the inner ear due to distention of the endolymphatic compartment of the inner ear, causing a triad of hearing loss, vertigo, and tinnitus

A patient is having difficulty with balance. The nurse understands that the area of the ear that impacts balance is which one of the following?

vestibular apparatus

A young child has been diagnosed with amblyopia. The parents ask the nurse when treatment should be considered. At what age should treatment of children with the potential for development of amblyopia be instituted?

before 6 years

The nurse is educating a patient diagnosed with Meniere's disease on lifestyle modifications to reduce the frequency and/or intensity of exacerbations. Which should the nurse include?

decrease dietary intake of sodium

The nurse understands that vestibular rehabilitation includes which of the following?

exercises in balance retraining

The nursing student who is studying pathophysiology correctly identifies the condition that characteristically has an increase in the aqueous humor which fills the anterior and posterior chambers of the eye as which disease?

glaucoma

An elderly woman comes to the clinic complaining of seeing flashing lights and small spots. She tells the nurse that this has been going on for over 24 hours but now it is as if she sees a dark curtain whenever she opens her eyes. She asks the nurse if this means she is going to be blind. What diagnosis should the nurse suspect?

retinal detachment