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Publications and source records attributed to L S Elfervig.
A retinal detachment is often traumatic and shocking to patients once they become aware of the condition. Nurses have the unique opportunity to assist these patients in accepting and in coping with this potential serious vision loss through understanding, education, rehabilitation, and ocular safety.
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is one of the leading causes of legal blindness among older adults. Early recognition of AMD is important because treatment can enable patients to maintain central vision longer. Nurses who understand the effects of AMD can teach their elderly patients ways to slow its progression, such as increasing consumption of carotenoids in their diet, wearing ultraviolet protective lenses, and not smoke or drink to excess. They can also teach them coping strategies, such as use of low visual aids, and assist them in making necessary adjustments to daily living as long as possible.
ARMD is a leading cause of legal blindness among older adults. Nurses who understand the effects of ARMD can assist and teach their geriatric clients to cope and make the necessary adjustments to everyday activities.
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1. Clinical nurse specialists should use common sense precautions for infection control in all office procedures to prevent the spread of HIV, especially handwashing and proper disinfection of all instruments. 2. Nurses should be fully informed of the appearance and mechanism of AIDS in ocular manifestations (especially cotton-wool spots and retinal hemorrhages) and the effects of cytomegalovirus and Kaposi's sarcoma on vision. 3. Prevention of infections by reducing the risk appears to be the only current defense against the transmission of HIV.