NR 511 Week 3 Quiz

NR 511 Week 3 Quiz Question: A 10-year-old presents to the office with his mother with complaints of itchy and red eyes for 1 day. He reports watery drainage in both eyes associated with constant itching. He has no fever or constitutional symptoms. The patient has a sibling that just started day care recently. Upon examination, vision is 20/20 OU with glasses. He has mild to moderate conjunctival hyperemia with bilateral preauricular lymph nodes that are inflamed. What is the most likely diagnosis? Question: A 25-year-old presents with "bleeding in my eye" for 1 day. He awoke this morning with a dark area of redness in his eye. He has no visual loss or changes. He denies constitutional symptoms, pruritus, drainage, or recent trauma. The redness presents on physical exam as a dark red area in the patient's sclera of the right eve only and takes up less than 50% of the eve. The patient's remaining sclera is clear and white. He also notes he was drinking alcohol last night and vomited afterward. What is the best treatment? Question: A 54-year-old presents to the office with a painful red eye without discharge. What is the most likely initial diagnosis? Question: A 46-year-old is diagnosed with viral conjunctivitis. What treatment should be included? Question: An 82-year-old presents with several eye complaints. She states that her eyes are always dry and look "sunken in." What is the most likely cause? Question: A patient has been treated for glaucoma for five (5) years. Which of the following will provide an indication of the level of progression during the funduscopic examination for this patient? Question: A 64-year-old has had a corneal infection for several weeks. He asks why the infection is still present. How do you respond? Question: The NP should instruct a patient diagnosed with glaucoma that the purpose of medication is to: Question: A 47-year-old presents to the clinic with a red eye. How would the NP differentiate between iritis and conjunctivitis? Question: A patient comes into the clinic complaining of pain in her right eye. On examination, the nurse practitioner (NP) sees a pustule at the lid margin that is painful to touch, red, and swollen. What is the most likely diagnosis?