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The role of nurses in the strabological clinic
 SVOBODOVÁ, Jana
The eyesight is one of the most important senses. The most common sight impairments among children are strabismus and amblyopia. It affects up to 7 % of children population. The children with eyesight impairment are treated in strabological outpatient departments. The Orthoptics deals with prevention and diagnosis of visual impairments and subsequent treatment of amblyopia and squinting.There are two goals in this work: to determine specific demands concerning the work of nurse in strabological outpatient department and to find out about their role from the parents point of view.The practical part was conducted using qualitative research survey. The individual semi-structural interviews were used to gather the data. The interviews were conducted with the orthoptist nurses working in strabological outpatient departments in the South Bohemia Region and with the parents of the treated clients.The research survey showed that the work of orthoptist nurse is highly specific. It requires deep knowledge of the field. There are high demands on their practical skills. Orthoptist nurse organizes functioning of the department and the training room, assists the doctor, prepares clients for the examination and conducts many examinations on their own. Handles ortoptic and pleoptic devices and manages their maintenance. Creates their own aids. Communicates with the patients of all age groups. They are supposed to have enough empathy, patience and creativity. They provide intensive educational activity, because the contribution of training at home is significant in treating amblyopia and squinting. The parents of the patients expect improvement of the impairment, kind and patient approach, and last but not least providing information, advices and solving all kind of problems.
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