What are the key nursing considerations when administering mydriatics to patients with dark-pigmented eyes?
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What are the key nursing considerations when administering mydriatics to patients with dark-pigmented eyes?
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Discussion Topics, Chapter 33, Anticholinergic Agents
Discussion Topics
Learning Objective(s)
1. Mr. Jackson is an African American man who will undergo eye surgery for a torn retina. The ophthalmologist has ordered ophthalmic atropine drops for mydriasis prior to the procedure.
a. What are the key nursing considerations when administering mydriatics to patients with dark-pigmented eyes?
b. What teaching will Mr. Jackson need related to postoperative mydriasis?
2. Mrs. Nguyen is planning a vacation cruise and is concerned about motion sickness. She has been prescribed a scopolamine patch.
a. Explain the proper method for applying a transdermal patch.
b. What are the potential adverse effects of a scopolamine transdermal patch?
