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NUR 631 Exam 1
- Excessive tearing with patients whose tears complain of water tear collecting in their lower
lid pouch
Answer Epiphoria due to poor distribution
- Excessive tearing with patients that complain that clear tears run down their cheek
Answer Epiphoria lacrimal duct obstruction
- How would you treat epiphoria related to trauma or infection?
Answer Erythromycin, tobradex, polytrim
- How would you treat an epiphoria due to allergies?
Answer Cold compresses, histamine blockers, and mast cell stabilizers
-Zaditor
- Pataday
- When should a patient with conjunctivitis return to the office?
Answer Within 2 weeks
- Gradual, painless, progressive loss of vision with glare that occurs when driving at night
Answer Cataracts
- An cataract does NOT obscure the red reflex.
Answer Immature 1 / 4
- An catract obscures the red reflex because it produces a gray
pupillary reflex known as leukoria.
Answer Mature
- This diagnosis is associated with PERIPHERAL vision loss
Answer Glaucoma
- This diagnosis is associated with loss of CENTRAL vision loss
Answer Macular Degeneration
- This diagnosis is associated with seeing FLOATERS and flashing lights
Answer -
Retinal detachment
- Near sightedness
Answer Myopia
- Far sightedness
Answer Hyperopia
- Presbyiopia
Answer Old age loss of near vision
- How can the pinhole test be used as a diagnostic test for cataracts?
Answer If it improves without corrective lenses, then it's a refractory error. If it does not improve, then it 2 / 4
is an organic cause (cataracts)
- Cataracts with visual acuity better than 20/40
Answer Type 1
- Cataracts with visual acuity of 20/40 or WORSE
Answer Type 2
- Which eye condition has an increased cup to disc ratio?
Answer Glaucoma
- What are some examples of sensorineural hearing loss?
- Presbycusis
Answer
- Medications
- Meniere's disease
- Loud noises
- Acoustic Neuroma on CN 8
- Which medications cause reversible toxicity to the ear?
Answer
NSAIDS
- Which medications cause IRREVERSIBLE toxicity to the ear?
Answer Gentamycin, tobramycin, vancomycin, glycopyrolates
- What are some medications that can be used to treat an otitis externa? 3 / 4
Answer -
Ciprodex and Ofloxacin
- What are some examples of conductive hearing loss?
- Cerumen
Answer
- Ear drum perforation
- Middle ear infection
- Temporal bone fracture
- Upon doing the Webber test, the patient states that the sound is being heard louder in the
UNAFFECTED EAR. What type of hearing loss is this considered?
Answer Sensory Hearing loss
- Upon doing the Webber test, the patient states that the sound is being heard louder in the
AFFECTED EAR. What type of hearing loss is this considered?
Answer Conductive Hearing loss
- Upon doing the Rinne test, the patient states that air conduction is greater than bone
conduction. What does this signify?
Answer Normal response
- Upon doing the Rinne test, the patient states that bone conduction is greater than air
conduction. What does this signify?
Answer Conductive hearing loss
- is formation of keratin in the middle ear due to recurrent ear
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