30. The nurse is teaching parents of a child with cataracts about the upcoming treatment. The nurse should give the parents what information about the treatment of cataracts?
a. "The treatment may require more than one surgery."
b. "It is corrected with biconcave lenses that focus rays on the retina."
c. "Cataracts require surgery to remove the cloudy lens and replace it."
d. "Treatment is with a corrective lenses; no surgery is necessary."
ANS: C
Treatment for cataracts requires surgery to remove the cloudy lens and replace it (with an intraocular lens implant, removable contact lens, or prescription glasses). Treatment for glaucoma may require more than one surgery. Anisometropia is treated with corrective lenses. Myopia is corrected with biconcave lenses that focus rays on the retina.
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