A client complains to the nurse at the primary care physician's office of having difficulty with blurry vision. The client tells the nurse that the primary care physician says the blurry vision is the result of astigmatism

Question

Based on this information, what is the best description the nurse can provide the client about astigmatism? A) Objects at a distance appear blurred
B) Cannot see close objects clearly
C) Cannot bring horizontal and vertical lies into focus at the same time
D) Gradual loss of the function of accommodation

Answer 1

C
Feedback:
A person that has astigmatism cannot bring horizontal and vertical lines into focus at the same time, causing blurry vision. Objects at a distance appear blurred to a client with myopia. A person with hyperopia cannot see close objects clearly. Presbyopia is a gradual loss of the function of accommodation.