Question

Critical Thinking Exercise Chapter 63 Unit 15 - Glaucoma CRITICAL THINKING EXERCISES 1. You are making a home visit to a 75-year-old male who has a long history of diabetes and complains that recently he is having trouble with his vision. Describe what priority assessment data you would focus on obtaining during your initial visit. What are your priorities of care of this patient with low vision? How would your priorities change if the man were blind?

Answer 1

Priority assessment data:-

Here I would collect the information that includes:-

* When diabetes has been tested and prooved.

* What treatment did he take.

* What is the diet following.

* What is the treatment.

* Is he is taking treatment for vision problem caused by diabetes, etc.

Priorities of care to patient with vision problem:-

* I would suggest him to use Anti-VEGF drugs,which can riverse the diabetic retinopathy.

* I also suggest eye lasers to protect from swelling, etc.

* If it become serious I would suggest him to make eye surgery.

* Take the help of others.

Priorities of care to patient with blindness:-

* I would suggest same Anti-VEGF to slown down or reverse the retinopathy.

* Use eye lasers to protect your eyes from swelling.

* I would suggest that eye surgery is compulsory.

* Take care and others help.

So the priority of care has no more changes if he is having with low vision or blindness.