Care of the ophthalmic patient : a guide for nurses and health professionals
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Care of the ophthalmic patient : a guide for nurses and health professionals
Chapman & Hall, 1995
2nd ed
- : USA
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Description
This standard text for ophthalmic nurses has been revised both in content and presentation to include the latest developments in the field. Now in a larger format, the book had been redesigned to reflect the up-to-the-minute content. This book should be of interest to ophthalmic nurses, and orthoptists.
Table of Contents
Part One: Principals of Ophtalmic Patient Care. Introducing the visually impaired person. Aspects of community care. Social aspects of visual handicap. Models of ophthalmic nursing practice. Quality standards and audit. Principles of emergency care. Principles of inpatient care. Principles of out-patient care. Care of the patient in the operating theatre. Part Two: Applied ocular physiology and pathology. Examination of the eye. Pharmacology. Optics. Eyelids and adnexa. The lacrimal system. Conjuntiva. Cornea and sclear. Uveal tract. Aqueous dynamics. The lens. Vitreous and retina. Orbit, optic nerve and visual pathways. Orthoptics. Ophthalmic disease in developing countries.
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