The nurse is caring for a patient who has been diagnosed with myopia and asks what it is. How should the nurse respond?
a. "It is farsightedness."
b. "It is blindness."
c. "It is nearsightedness."
d. "It is cataract development."
ANS: C
Myopia is nearsightedness or the ability to see things close up but not far away.
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