8.12 Clinical Judgment: Case Study
A 58-year-old school teacher presents to the primary care clinic with chief concerns of blurry vision and difficulty reading small print, which have been worsening over the past few months. She also reports occasional headaches, especially after prolonged periods of reading or using digital devices. She is concerned because her father had macular degeneration and her mother had diabetes.[1]
Questions
What presenting cues are abnormal?
Reflecting on the client’s history and current health status, what are the risk factors?
What initial assessment should the nurse perform on the patient for eye assessment?
- OpenAI. (June 2024). ChatGPT [Large language model]. https://chat.openai.com/chat. Content reviewed for accuracy by the authors. ↵
