After completion of an eye examination using direct ophthalmoscopy, the assessment that the nurse would document as "normal" is
a. irregular margins to optic disc.
b. oval optic disc.
c. physiologic cup 75% of optic disc diameter.
d. retinal veins darker than arteries.
D
The optic disc appears round, with well-defined margins (except in the nasal margin) and a creamy pink color. The physiologic cup (depressed center of the disc) should be no larger than one half the diameter of the optic disc. The retinal veins are darker than the retinal arteries.
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