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baseline · Mar 13, 2003

accomodation

NurseGirlKaren · Mar 13, 2003

PERRLA

Pupils Equal Round Reactive to Light and Accomodation

adrienurse, LPN · Mar 13, 2003

AHHHHHH! I've been wondering myself and felt too silly to ask.

night owl · Mar 14, 2003

Well thank you very much....appreciate it. :)

CynthiaSICU · Mar 14, 2003

only a conscious patient will accomodate: which is basically to focus in on what they are looking at.

NurseGirlKaren · Mar 15, 2003

I thought accomodation was the unlit pupil becoming larger when the other pupil had light shone in it. (If that makes any sense.)

Gator,SN · Mar 15, 2003

I thought that accomodation meant the patient is able to follow the examiners fingers and as the examiner moves her fingers closer to the face the pupils constrict and when moved away the pupils dilate.

Accomodation, as in the adjustment of the pupil to light according to what the patient is focusing on.

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Gator

ShandyLynnRN, BSN, RN · Mar 15, 2003

Originally posted by NurseGirlKaren
I thought accomodation was the unlit pupil becoming larger when the other pupil had light shone in it. (If that makes any sense.)

This is what I was taught also.

ICUNeuroNerd · Mar 15, 2003

Accomodation is also called the near reflex. The pupil contricts to adjust light and focus on an object that is close. If the object is moved away from the face and farther away the pupil must eventually dilate and adjust the light again to focus.

When one pupil constricts because the opposite was stimulated with a bright light...it is call consentual. Pupils should react to both direct and consentual light.

Gator,SN · Mar 16, 2003

Thank you for clearing that up!:)

NurseGirlKaren · Mar 17, 2003

Hey, if anybody can clear it up, it's an ICUNeuroNerd!!!

Thanks.