Ophthalmic nursing. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Authors: Shaw, Mary E; Lee, Agnes
• Contents: The Ophthalmic Patient; Introduction; Registration for the Sight-Impaired or Severely Sight-Impaired; Severely Sight Impaired; Sight Impaired; Assistance and Rehabilitation; Voluntary Organisations; ; The Ophthalmic Nurse; Introduction; Assessment of Patients; Patient Information and Teaching; Professional Issues; The Nurse in the Outpatient Department; The Nurse in the Accident and Emergency Department; The Day Case and Ward Nurse; The Nurse in the Theatre; ; Ophthalmic Nursing Procedures and Investigations; General Principles; Recording Visual Acuity; General Considerations When Performing Visual Acuity; Ophthalmic Procedures Utilising Antt Principles; Principles and Protocol for Ophthalmic Medication Instillation/Application; Clinical Practice Guidelines; ; Ocular History Taking and Slit-Lamp Examination; Ocular History Taking; Slit-Lamp Examination; Goldmann Applanation Tonometry; Examining the Eye; Removing a Conjunctival or Corneal Foreign Body; Removing a Corneal Rust Ring; Testing for Tear Film Break-Up Rime: Assessing the Quality of Tears; Irrigating the Eye; ; The Globe: A Brief Overview; Introduction; Nerve Supply to the Eye; Blood Supply to the Eye; ; The Protective Structures, Including Removal of an Eye; The Orbit; The Eyelids; Conditions of the Orbit; Removal of an Eye; Patient’s Needs; ; The Lacrimal System and Tear Film; Introduction; Lacrimal Gland; Lacrimal Drainage System; Tear Film; Conditions of the Lacrimal System; ; The Conjunctiva and Sclera; The Conjunctiva; Conditions of the Conjunctiva; The Sclera; Conditions Affecting the Sclera; ; The Cornea; Introduction; Measurements; Five Layers of the Cornea; Function of the Cornea; Physiology of Corneal Symptoms; Conditions of the Cornea; Eye Donors; Human Amniotic Membrane Transplantation; Osteo-Odonto-Keraprosthesis Surgery; Corneal Topography; Astigmatic Keratotomy; Pachymetry and Specular Photomicroscopy; Management of Corneal Pain; ; The Uveal Tract; Introduction; The Choroid; The Ciliary Body; The Iris; Conditions of the Uveal Tract; ; Glaucoma ; Introduction; Methods of Measuring Intraocular Pressure; Anatomy and Physiology; Related Disorders – Glaucoma; ; The Crystalline Lens; Introduction; Cataract; Complications of Cataract Extraction; Cataract Operations; Aphakia; Dislocated Lens; ; The Retina, Optic Nerve and Vitreous Humour; The Retina; Optic Nerve; The Vitreous Humour; Colour Vision; Rhodopsin; Conditions of the Retina; Retinal Haemorrhage; Retinopathies; Retinal Tumour: Retinoblastoma; Cytomegalovirus Retinitis; Toxoplasmosis; Toxocariasis; Conditions of the Macula; Central Serous Retinopathy; Cystoid Macular Oedema/Degeneration; Conditions of the Optic Nerve; Retrobulbar Neuritis; Optic Nerve Atrophy; Conditions of the Vitreous Humour; Posterior Vitreous Detachment; ; The Extraocular Muscles; Introduction; Eye Movements; Strabismus or Squint; Paralytic Squint; ; Ophthalmic Trauma; Introduction; ; Ocular Manifestations of Systemic Disease; Diabetes Mellitus; Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome; Thyroid Disease; Hypertension; Giant Cell Arteritis; Herpes Simplex Virus; Herpes Zoster Virus; Tuberculosis; Sarcoid; Behçet’s Disease ; Syphilis; Toxoplasmosis; Toxocara ; Rheumatoid Arthritis; Still’s Disease; Ankylosing Spondylitis; Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease; Neurofibromatosis; Migraine; ; Ophthalmic Drugs; Mydriatics; Notes on Mydriatics; Miotics; Drugs of Choice Used in the Treatment of Glaucoma; Antibiotics; Antiviral Agents; Corticosteroids; Local Anaesthetics; Diagnostic Drops; Tear Replacement; Miscellaneous; General Note; ; Appendix 1: Correction of Refractive Errors; ; Appendix 2: Contact Lenses; ; Appendix 3: Competency Assessment Tools; ; Appendix 4: Competency Frameworks;
• Edition: Fifth edition
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 617.70231; Ophthalmic nursing
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482249774
• Related ISBNs: 9781482249781
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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