Question

Initial Discussion Post:

An older patient reports his vision is good even though he has been diagnosed with glaucoma; his medical history includes diabetes and COPD. He has been taking his ordered daily eye drops sporadically, usually forgetting them. His IOP has not dropped as desired. The patient indicates his friend is taking a different eye drop than him for glaucoma and the timolol maleate is working well. He thinks this eye drop would be better for him. How would you educate him & his spouse regarding: the disease process, how it can affect the patient, and the treatment plan including the eye drops? How can you get his engagement and increase his compliance with the treatment plan?

Initial Post:

#1 Identify at least 1 teaching point(s) concerning each of the following:

Disease process/progression

Changes patient can expect

Eye drop treatment

#2 Identify how you will teach this patient to increase his compliance with the plan?

Include references and in text citations.

Answer 1

1 Identify at least 1 teaching point(s) concerning each of the following:

The patient has to be educated on

• The primary goal of treatment is to prevent vision loss.
• Eye medications responses well to the open angle glaucoma than close angle glaucoma.
• Eye drops may differ on patients depends on their health condition because some eye medication can produce side effects of decreased heart rate, decreased electrolyte levels, and asthmatic problems.

2 Identify how you will teach this patient to increase his compliance with the plan?

Glaucoma may rise the inocular pressure and increases the risk of blindness. Use of long-term corticosteroid may increase the risk of glaucoma. So the early detection and treatment are necessary to stop the progression of the disease. The regular use of eyedrops will show the effectiveness and prevents of complication.