{"title":"Glaucoma Diagnosis and Treatment: The Role of the Ophthalmic Nurse.","authors":"Joshua J Ney","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Glaucoma is one of the single largest causes of irreversible blindness. Glaucomatous vision loss is preventable with the appropriate diagnostic testing and treatment. Ophthalmic nurses play and important role in ensuring the success of glaucoma diagnosis and treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":13597,"journal":{"name":"Insight (American Society of Ophthalmic Registered Nurses)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Insight (American Society of Ophthalmic Registered Nurses)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Glaucoma is one of the single largest causes of irreversible blindness. Glaucomatous vision loss is preventable with the appropriate diagnostic testing and treatment. Ophthalmic nurses play and important role in ensuring the success of glaucoma diagnosis and treatment.