Ophthalmic Nursing

✍ Scribed by Rosalind Stollery, Mary E. Shaw, Agnes Lee

• Publisher: Blackwell Pub
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 278
• Edition: 3rd ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This third edition of Ophthalmic Nursing reflects recent advances in diagnosis and treatment and developments in the role of the ophthalmic nurse. It includes evidence-based procedures for care of ophthalmic patients on the ward, in outpatients, day care and casualty.The third edition includes more on professional issues and specialist nursing roles, differentiates adult and paediatric issues, and places more emphasis on assessment skills, pain management, infection control, day surgery, psychological aspects and links to primary care.Ophthalmic Nursing is an invaluable resource for all nurses involved in ophthalmic care and an essential text for courses in ophthalmic nursing.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 5
Foreword......Page 6
Preface......Page 7
Acknowledgements......Page 8
1 The Ophthalmic Patient......Page 9
2 The Ophthalmic Nurse......Page 13
3 Ophthalmic Nursing Procedures......Page 28
4 The Globe: a brief overview......Page 63
5 The Protective Structures......Page 67
6 The Lacrimal System and Tear Film......Page 87
7 The Conjunctiva......Page 99
8 The Cornea and Sclera......Page 111
9 The Uveal Tract......Page 128
10 Glaucoma......Page 137
11 The Crystalline Lens......Page 156
12 The Retina, Optic Nerve and Vitreous......Page 168
13 The Extra-ocular Muscles......Page 194
14 Ophthalmic Trauma......Page 211
15 Removal of an Eye......Page 227
16 Ocular Manifestations of Systemic Disease......Page 231
17 Ophthalmic Drugs......Page 237
Appendix 1: Correction of Refractive Errors......Page 248
Appendix 2: Contact Lenses......Page 252
Glossary......Page 256
References and Further Reading......Page 263
Index......Page 267