Straight A Nursing. Passed the CCRN examination! Woo-hoo!!! I took the examination for my CCRN on Monday and am happy to report that I passed :-). The experience itself reminded me a lot of taking NCLEX, but more miserable and less pressure.
Ideally diabetes is found before there is diabetic retinopathy, but a good eye doctor can see evidence of several conditions and diseases, like lupus and diabetes, sometimes even before your primary care physician is able to find them.
Your eye doctor may dilate your eyes to perform a retinal examination (also called ophthalmoscopy or fundoscopy). This exam involves looking at the back of your eyes, including the retinas, optic disks and blood vessels that nourish the retinas. (Jupiterimages/Stockbyte/Getty Images) Dilating drops make the pupils of the eyes bigger so that the doctor can see the back of the eye. Because the pupils are bigger, you are more sensitive to light until the effect wears off, and it's a good idea to have sunglasses for use after the exam. Your eye doctor can do the retinal examination in three ways.