Cataract surgery results in aphakia. Which statement best describes this term?

Which statement indicates that a client needs additional teaching after cataract surgery?

A client underwent an enucleation of the right eye for a malignancy. Which intervention will the nurse perform?

After a nurse instills atropine drops into both eyes for a client undergoing an ophthalmic examination, which instruction should be given to the client?

A nurse would use which of the following instruments in recording intraocular pressure?

A nurse should question an order to irrigate the ear canal in which circumstance?

A client with a spinal cord injury has a neurogenic bladder. When planning for discharge, the nurse anticipates the client will need which procedure or program?

Which method should be used to assess pupil accommodation?

A client with a right stroke has a flaccid left side. Which intervention would best prevent shoulder subluxation?

Which symptom would occur in a client with a detached retina?

When caring for a client with quadriplegia, which nursing intervention takes priority?

Client teaching for a client with Gardner-Wells tongs should include which reason for their use?

A client recovering from a spinal cord injury has a great deal of spasticity. Which medication may be used to control spasticity?

A client is experiencing an episode of autonomic dysreflexia and becomes hypertensive. The most important intervention by the nurse would be?

A nurse assesses a client who has episodes of autonomic dysreflexia. Which condition can cause autonomic dysreflexia?

Which client on the rehabilitation unit is most likely to develop autonomic dysreflexia?

For a client having an episode of acute angle-closure glaucoma, the nurse expects to give which medication?

A client with a T1 spinal cord injury arrives at the emergency department with a blood pressure of 82/40 mm Hg, pulse of 34 beats/minute, dry skin, and flaccid paralysis of the lower extremities. Which condition should be suspected?

When discharging a client from the hospital after a laminectomy, the nurse recognizes that the client needs further teaching when he makes which statement?

When assessing a client with herniated nucleus pulposus of L4–L5, the nurse should expect to find which sign or symptom of spinal cord compression?

A client has a cervical spine injury at the level of C5. Which condition should the nurse anticipate during the acute phase?

A client at the eye clinic reports difficulty seeing at night. This may result from which nutritional deficiency?

A client with C7 quadriplegia is flushed and anxious and complains of a pounding headache. Which symptom(s) should also be anticipated?

Which condition indicates that spinal shock is resolving in a client with C7 quadriplegia?

When using a Snellen alphabet chart, a nurse records a client’s vision as 20/40. Which statement best describes 20/40 vision?

When developing a teaching session on glaucoma for the community, which statement should the nurse stress?

Which procedure or assessment must a nurse perform when preparing a client for eye surgery?

The nurse is teaching a client who has a diagnosis of a stroke versus a transient ischemic attack (TIA). Which statement by the nurse describing to the client the difference between stroke and TIA would be the most accurate?

A 40-year-old paraplegic client must perform intermittent catheterization of the bladder. Which instruction should be given?

An 86-year-old client with a stroke in evolution and a history of coronary artery disease is brought to the medical-surgical floor. His medications include isosorbide (Isordil). Which condition is a concern?