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Nursing Education

Nursing resources can now be found on Cyber-Sight! Below are links to websites and documents which may be useful in ophthalmic nursing training.


General Nursing


1. Volume 1. Ophthalmic Nursing: Getting Started (manual)

Authors: Heather Machin RN, Ismael Cordero, Fiona O'Sullivan RN, and Eugene Helveston MD
Contributor: Jackie Newton RN

Editors: Eugene M. Helveston, MD, D. Hunter Cherwek, M.D, and Prof. Janet Marsden

This manual is a compilation of the first 3 modules in ophthalmic nursing covering principles in caring for the patient and ourselves, general equipment care, and basic anatomy and physiology of the eye.

2. Nursing Module 1: Caring for the Patient and Ourselves

This module will provide a nurse with some principles in caring for the patient and
ourselves.

3.. Hand Hygiene and Hand Washing


Nursing Core Competencies



These policies have been developed to meet the Association of Operating Room Nurses (AORN) recommended practice guidelines, the Centre for Disease Control Infection Prevention guidelines and ORBIS Policy. Each competency is presented in a check-list format which should be filled out by a nursing supervisor and adapted according to the specific hospital setting.

Nursing Core Competencies

Chinese version
Spanish version


Train the Trainer


This lecture series is presented during the Flying Eye Hospital's nursing "train-the-trainer" workshops and symposiums to help provide nurses and nurse educators with the skills they need to help teach and support other nurses by passing on new techniques and skills.

Written By: Professor Janet Marsden and Heather Machin, RN

Train the Trainer Lectures



Unit Conversion Table



1. Unit Conversion Table (Now Available in Chinese)

Contains helpful conversions for length, weight, temperature, volume, and blood sugar levels.



Surgical Safety Guidelines



1. WHO Guidelines for Patient Safety

2. ORBIS Safe Site Surgery Checklist

3. Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Surgical Safety Checklist

Written By: Dr. Jonathan Lord

4. Implementation of a Surgical Safety Checklist

Chinese version
Spanish version


Ophthalmic Equipment



1. Nursing Module 2: General Equipment Care (Now available in Chinese)

This module will provide a nurse with some principles for safe equipment management and care.

2. ORBIS Guide to Ophthalmic Equipment for Non-Ophthalmic People (Now available in Chinese)

Written By: Ismael Cordero, Sr. Clinical Engineer, Healthcare Technology,
ORBIS International



The Nature, Scope, and Value of Ophthalmic Nursing



1. The Nature, Scope, and Value of Ophthalmic Nursing

By: The Royal College of Nursing

This document represents the strategic vision of ophthalmic nursing and is a discussion of its fundamental nature, scope and value in the delivery of evidence based clinical outcomes for everyone involved in the delivery of ophthalmic services. Its purpose is to lead national developments in ophthalmic care and inform those in Europe and internationally.