A 56-year-old patient has come to the clinic for his routine eye examination and is told he needs bifocals. The patient asks the nurse what change in his eyes has caused his need for bifocals. How should the nurse respond?
A) "You know, you are getting older now and we change as we get older."
B) "The parts of our eyes age, just like the rest of us, and this is nothing to cause you to worry."
C) "There is a gradual thickening of the lens of the eye and it can limit the eye's ability for accommodation."
D) "The eye gets shorter, back to front, as we age and it changes how we see things."
Ans: C
Feedback:
As a result of a loss of accommodative power in the lens with age, many adults require bifocals or other forms of visual correction. This is not attributable to a change in the shape of the ocular globe. The nurse should not dismiss or downplay the patient's concerns.
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