Care of the Ophthalmic Patient

Part One: Principals of Ophtalmic Patient Care. Introducing the visually impaired person. Aspects of community care. Social aspects of visual handicap. Models of ophthalmic nursing practice. Quality standards and audit. Principles of emergency care. Principles of inpatient care. Principles of out-patient care. Care of the patient in the operating theatre. Part Two: Applied ocular physiology and pathology. Examination of the eye. Pharmacology. Optics. Eyelids and adnexa. The lacrimal system. Conjuntiva. Cornea and sclear. Uveal tract. Aqueous dynamics. The lens. Vitreous and retina. Orbit, optic nerve and visual pathways. Orthoptics. Ophthalmic disease in developing countries.