Eyes Assessment Supplement

Assessing visual acuity using?

snellen chart

For CN 2 test, how far do you position pt from Snellen chart?

20 feet

What is considered unsuccessful reading on Snellen chart?

>2

Whats the top number of eye test?

distance the client was from the chart

What is the bottom number of eye test?

The distance at which a normal eye could have read that particular line

What to inspect for eyelids?

redness, swelling, lesions, ptosis, entropion, and ectropion

Ptosis

drooping of upper eyelid

entropion

rolling inward of lower eyelid

ectropion

rolling outward of lower eyelid

Exophalnous (of eyeballs)

bulding of eyeballs

Conjunctivae are normally?

clear

Conjunctivitis

pink eye, which is an eye infection

Pupil response: looking at a high and distant object 

symmetry of shape and size 

Pupil response: light shine on one eye and not the other

both pupils constrict symmetrically 

Pupil response: fingers 3 inches from pt nose and ask them to look at fingers

observe whether both pupils constrict symmetrically

If pupils are round and symmetric in size, they react to light, and react to accommodation, it is documented as?

PERRLA (Pupils are Equal, Round, Reactive to Light and Accommodation)

Cardinal positions

assess the ability of the extraocular muscles with 6 cardinal positions of gaze

Symmetry of reflection of light

hold light midline to pt face