Principles of inpatient care

Abstract

The eye is a small complex area of the body and there is much that can go wrong with it. The effects this may have on the patient can be enormous, so that a highly trained nurse able to give practical support and advice is essential. The medical staff attend to the disease affecting the eye, the medical social worker attends to the social needs of the patient, but it is the nurse who spends the most time with the patient. She is best placed, therefore, to perceive how the different aspects of the disease and its consequences are affecting the patient and his relatives.