The nurse should teach parents that the results of untreated amblyopia in the child may result in:
a. impaired depth perception.
b. strabismus.
c. color deficiency.
d. ptosis.
A
Untreated amblyopia causes the child to lose binocular vision, which may impair depth perception. Amblyopia, or decreased vision in the deviated eye, results from strabismus. Color deficiency and ptosis, or dropping of the eyelid, are not the result of untreated amblyopia.
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