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Volume 1
Ophthalmic Nursing: Getting Started
Authors: Heather Machin RN, Ismael Cordero, Fiona O'Sullivan RN, and Eugene Helveston MD
Contributor: Jackie Newton RN
Editorial Thanks: Eugene M. Helveston MD, Hunter Cherwek MD, and Prof. Janet Marsden
Produced by: Lynda Smallwood
Illustrations: Sharon I. Teal © Cyber-Sight
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| Over the years, ophthalmic nursing has developed into its own sub-specialized field of nursing due to a rapid expansion of the technologies and the emergence of eye-only hospitals, day surgeries and clinics.
Through this advancement the nurse, physician and hospital administrator have had to adapt to perform and manage stand-alone eye-focused centers and develop services without the traditional support of larger hospital institutions.
Nurses are a key element to the success of these centers and their understanding and knowledge of the eye, eye-patient and the services in order to facilitate care to the patient, support both nurse and surgeon and provide financial management of the facility. |
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ORBIS, who supports the World Health Organization’s Vision2020 Initiative, is committed to encouraging nurses around the world to discover and contribute to eye care in their communities in order to improve services and support patients within their care.
This Volume is the first of many volumes designed to provide the back ground knowledge and skills that are required to work effectively as an ophthalmic nurse in this day-and-age. The nature of being an ophthalmic nurse includes knowledge of how to perform safely, an understanding of technology care and having a baseline understanding of the basics of ocular anatomy and physiology.
Future volumes will explore working in the peri-operative environment, clinic ophthalmic nursing, eye-diseases and so much more.
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