{"id":2990,"date":"2024-08-13T10:34:25","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T14:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursingmain\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=2990"},"modified":"2024-11-11T10:04:26","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T15:04:26","slug":"objective-assessment-8","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursingmain\/chapter\/objective-assessment-8\/","title":{"raw":"Objective Assessment","rendered":"Objective Assessment"},"content":{"raw":"<span style=\"color: #000000\">An objective assessment is usually completed after the subjective assessment, but if the client shows signs of clinical deterioration, you may proceed directly to the objective assessment and associated interventions. In this case, it is important to prioritize care after a brief scan that involves components of the primary survey.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000\">An <strong>objective assessment of the ophthalmic system<\/strong> includes:<\/span>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Brief scan of the ophthalmic system.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">External eye assessment.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Visual acuity assessment.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Peripheral vision assessment.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Extraocular eye movement assessment.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Ophthalmoscope examination.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000\">Assessments of most components of the ophthalmic system don\u2019t require touching the eye, but in some cases you may need to palpate areas around the eye or closely observe conditions that are transmissible such as conjunctivitis: if so, wear gloves and attend to<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursingmain\/chapter\/infection-prevention-and-control\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">infection prevention and control measures.<\/a>","rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">An objective assessment is usually completed after the subjective assessment, but if the client shows signs of clinical deterioration, you may proceed directly to the objective assessment and associated interventions. In this case, it is important to prioritize care after a brief scan that involves components of the primary survey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">An <strong>objective assessment of the ophthalmic system<\/strong> includes:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Brief scan of the ophthalmic system.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">External eye assessment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Visual acuity assessment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Peripheral vision assessment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Extraocular eye movement assessment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Ophthalmoscope examination.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Assessments of most components of the ophthalmic system don\u2019t require touching the eye, but in some cases you may need to palpate areas around the eye or closely observe conditions that are transmissible such as conjunctivitis: if so, wear gloves and attend to<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursingmain\/chapter\/infection-prevention-and-control\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">infection prevention and control measures.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"menu_order":4,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-2990","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":1653,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursingmain\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/2990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursingmain\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursingmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursingmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursingmain\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/2990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3428,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursingmain\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/2990\/revisions\/3428"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursingmain\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/1653"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursingmain\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/2990\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursingmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursingmain\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=2990"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursingmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=2990"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/assessmentnursingmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=2990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}