The Advanced Practice Nurse Is Conducting a Comprehensive Eye Examination

question 26

Multiple Choice

The advanced practice nurse is conducting a comprehensive eye examination on an 80-year-old African American woman.Which of the following findings requires the nurse to contact the patient's physician for further examination?

• A) A thin white ring along the margin of the iris
• B) A black pupil
• C) Dilated pupils
• D) A black fundus of the eye

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