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The Ophthalmic Study Guide for Nurses and Health Professionals (2nd edition)

1 April 2018 | | Ophthalmology, Optometry, Emergency Ophthalmology, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
In the last decade, care provision in ophthalmology has changed dramatically. Due to increasing demands on the service, the roles of nurses and other healthcare professionals have expanded to encompass work that was traditionally carried out by doctors. This model...

Celebrating volunteer ophthalmic nurses on #InternationalNursesDay

12 May 2022
Eye News and eye care charity Orbis celebrate volunteer ophthalmic nurses who worked on the frontlines during the pandemic.

Biometry for Nurses and Techs (30 day Interactive Program)

7 September 2020 -1 October 2020 | Cataract and Refractive, Imaging, Ophthalmology
zoom video/self study

Biometry for Nurses and Techs (30 day Interactive Program) (Aug)

3 August 2020 -17 August 2020 | Cataract and Refractive, Imaging, Ophthalmology
zoom video/self study

Medsales Academy: Biometry Course for Nurses and Technicians (interactive 30 day program)

6 July 2020 -30 July 2020

Celebrating eight years of the nurse-led intravitreal injection service

4 February 2021 | | Ophthalmology, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in London celebrated the eighth year of its nurse-led intravitreal (IVT) injection service in 2020. In collaboration with Beaver-Visitec International (BVI), Moorfields’ comprehensive one-day course for non-medical staff has blossomed into a thriving success....

Belfast Eye Conference

3 July 2021 -4 July 2021
This two day conference is for anyone, aimed in particular at medical, optometry and orthoptics students, early career doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals and scientists and anyone else interested in ophthalmology, optometry and visual science research. Presented by Queen's...

Task shifting for eye care in Eastern Africa

1 October 2015 | | Oculoplastics, Orbit
More than eight million people suffer with trichiasis due to trachoma globally, but less than 160,000 receive surgery per year even though “S” is a key aspect of the elimination of blindness due to trachoma as part of the WHO...

The role of injection assistant devices in establishing a nurse-led AMD service

1 April 2018 | | Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
The author shares his experience of setting up a nurse-led service to deliver anti-VEGF intravitreal injections and how injection assistant devices supported training. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) has become a leading cause of irreversible blindness [1]. It is estimated that...

Capacity building for ophthalmic nursing in Ghana, Botswana and Tanzania

2 December 2019 | | Ophthalmology
Ophthalmic nurses (ON) have been the backbone of eye health services in Africa since the mid-20th century and remain the largest single cadre of allied ophthalmic personnel in Commonwealth countries in Africa. Numbers are currently estimated at between 3500 and...

Safety and efficacy of a nurse-led intravitreal injection service using an Precivia® injection assist device

1 December 2021 | | Optometry, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
Nurse-led intravitreal injections have become of great importance for busy eye units. In this article, the authors present safety data from five years of a nurse-led service with the use of the Precivia® intravitreal injection assist device. Intravitreal injections of...

Nurse-led Rapid Corneal Collagen Cross-linking / UKISOP Society Education Day

1 December 2013 |
Nurse-led Rapid Corneal Collagen Cross-linking By Dan Gore Over the last decade, clinical trial data has accumulated for new interventions in keratoconus that promise to arrest disease progression, significantly reduce transplantation rates and save many patients from long-term reliance on...