Bøker av Janice K. Ledford

Delivers the essentials you need for certification as an ophthalmic technician. Updated to include the latest JCAHPO[registered] criteria, this helpful resource contains over 1,300 exam-style questions and explanatory answers covering everything you need to know.

Whether perfecting current skills, learning new ones, or studying for exams, Principles and Practice in Ophthalmic Assisting: A Comprehensive Textbook makes both a perfect learning tool for students and a complete reference tool for staff, whether they are new to the eye care industry or have years of experience.

With nearly 1,400 questions, this third edition contains more questions with explanatory answers than any other study aid. Additionally, all 19 exam criteria headings are covered inside, including history taking, visual assessment, medical ethics, pharmacology, ophthalmic imaging, surgery, and more.

This text is a compilation of information from books in the ""Basic Bookshelf for Eyecare Paraprofessional"" series. It should serve as an ophthalmic pocket companion for eyecare paraprofessionals, complementary to the entire series.

Focusing on the slit lamp for the ophthalmic and optometric office, this user-friendly introduction to the slit lamp microscope highlights the instrument's basic parts as well as examination and illumination techniques. It delves into issues concerning the normal, postoperative, and problematic eye.

The Basic Bookshelf for Eyecare Professionals is a series that provides fundamental and advanced material with a clinical approach to clinicians and students. A special effort was made to include information needed for the certification exams in ophthalmic and optometric assisting, opticianry, and contact lens examiners.

This guide offers questions for the technician to ask the patient in the exam room and during the ophthalmic history-taking process. It advises on condensing a narrative, patient confidentiality and developing patient rapport. It also provides notes on ocular and systemic medications.

Presents an easy-to-understand introduction to the field of eye care. Starting with an illustrated description of ocular anatomy, this book sweeps you into the workings of vision with hardly a blink, where you'll learn what happens when light meets the eye.

Covers over 3,300 terms and 24 appendices on eyecare terminology. This book includes information on ophthalmic drugs and websites directly related to eyecare.