The nurse explains to the patient who is to have a pneumotonometry study of the eye that this procedure requires that:
1. his eye may be anesthetized
2. a pneumotonometer will be placed into his eye.
3. there will be a puff of air directed at the surface of the eye.
4. an applanation be done with a slit-lamp microscope.
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A pneumotonometer directs a puff of air at the surface of the eye, measuring intraocular pressure by measuring the resistance to the air. The eye is anesthetized prior to the evalua-tion.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: 1162-1163
OBJ: 2 TOP: Tonometry KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
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