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What Should the Nurse Do?

Medical-Surgical NursingWhat Should the Nurse Do?
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What Should the Nurse Do?

1 .
You are a nurse working with a 65-year-old patient recently diagnosed with glaucoma. The patient appears worried and mentions experiencing increasing difficulty with her peripheral vision. What should the nurse do?
2 .
What treatments should the nurse anticipate for a patient suspected of closed-angle glaucoma? What should the nurse do in an emergency like this?
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