title: Perioperative care of the visually impaired.
abstract: Eighty-three per cent of sensory input is received optically. Sight impaired patients thus experience substantial sensory deficit, so nursing any visually impaired patient through surgery requires special considerations.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dobson
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care; D009871:Operating Room Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011300:Preoperative Care; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000451:nursing* / Q000601:surgery