Chapter 48 Sensorineural Function

Chapter 48  Sensorineural Function

Complete Chapter Questions And Answers
 

Sample Questions

1.
A patient has come to the office for her first eye examination and is diagnosed as having a visual acuity of 20/40. The patient asks the nurse what these numbers mean. What is a correct response by the nurse?
A)
“A person whose vision is 20/40 can see an object from 40 feet away that a person with 20/20 vision can see from 20 feet away.”
B)
“A person whose vision is 20/40 can see an object from 20 feet away that a person with 20/20 vision can see from 40 feet away.”
C)
“A person whose vision is 20/40 can see an object from 40 inches away that a person with 20/20 vision can see from 20 inches away.”
D)
“A person whose vision is 20/40 can see an object from 20 inches away that a person with 20/20 vision can see from 40 inches away.”

2.
A patient comes to the ophthalmology clinic for an eye examination. The patient tells the nurse that he often sees “floaters” in his vision. What should the nurse respond to the patient?
A)
“This is a normal aging process of the eye.”
B)
“New glasses will minimize this.”
C)
“You may be exhibiting signs of glaucoma.”
D)
“This may be a result of weakened ciliary muscles.”

3.
The school nurse is helping to teach a high school science class about the anatomy of the eye. A student asks what the biggest part of the eye is. What would the school nurse reply?
A)
“The posterior chamber.”
B)
“The hyaloid membrane.”
C)
“The ocular fundus.”
D)
“The anterior chamber.”

4.
A 56-year-old patient has come to the clinic for his routine eye examination and is told he needs bifocals. The patient asks the nurse what in his eye has changed so that he needs bifocals. What should the nurse respond?
A)
“You know, you are getting older now, and we change as we get older.”
B)
“The parts of our eyes age, just like the rest of us.”
C)
“There is a gradual thickening of the lens of the eye, and it can limit accommodation of the eye.”
D)
“The eye gets shorter, back to front, as we age, and it changes how we see things.”

5.
A patient is having an eye examination. The ophthalmologist is looking inside the patient’s eye with a hand-held instrument. What instrument is being used to perform this procedure?
A)
Slit-lamp examination
B)
An indirect ophthalmoscope
C)
An Ishihara plate
D)
A direct ophthalmoscope

Answer Key

1.
B
2.
A
3.
C
4.
C
5.
D