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Ophthalmic Nursing Services

Use this guide to find information resources about ophthalmic nursing services and caring for patients with eye disorders including books, reports and journal articles.

Last updated: 17/09/2024

Key Resources

Publication cover ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥ (2022) Eyes right: helping non-ophthalmic health care professionals deliver quality care safely. Revised edition. London: RCN.
Publication cover ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥ (2021) Eyes right: older people and driving. RCN: London.
Cochrane Reviews: Eyes & vision
MacEwan C, Davis A, and Chang L (2019) Ophthalmology GIRFT programme national specialty report.
NHS England (no date) The ophthalmic common clinical competency framework - curriculum.
  • Standards and guidance for the knowledge and skills required for non-medical eye healthcare professionals to deliver patient care. The RCN was a contributor to this framework.
Royal College of Ophthalmologists (2021) Cataract workforce calculator tool.
RNIB: Eye care support pathway
RNIB: Guiding a blind or partially sighted person
RNIB: eye conditions
  • Information aimed at the public.
We would like to thank the RCN Ophthalmic Nursing member community for their input into the development of this subject guide.

Books

Book cover

Batterbury M (2019) Ophthalmology: an illustrated colour text. 4th edn. Edinburgh: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone.

Book cover image Attzs M and Sheth T (2024) Ophthalmology made easy. Banbury: Scion Publishing.
Book cover Beaver H A and Lee A G (2019) Geriatric ophthalmology: a competency-based approach. AG: Springer International Publishing.
Book cover image Watkinson, S and Williamson, S N (2023) Ocular disease and sight loss: meeting psychosocial needs. Cham, Switzerland: Springer.
Book cover Denniston A K O and Murray P I (2018) Oxford handbook of ophthalmology. 4th edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Elliott Clinical procedures in primary eye care cover Elliott D B (2021) Clinical procedures in primary eye care. 5th edn. (no place): Elsevier.
Book cover Gault J (2022) Ophthalmology secrets. 5th edn. Philadelphia: Elsevier.
Book cover Koplin R S, Wu E I, Ritterband, D C and Seedor J A (2020) The scrub's bible: how to assist at cataract and corneal surgery with a primer on the anatomy of the human eye and self assessment. 2nd edn. New York: Springer. 
Book cover Liu C and Lee, H L (2020) Fundamentals in ophthalmic practice. Cham: Springer. 
Book cover Marsden J (2017) Ophthalmic care. 2nd edn. Keswick: M & K Publishing.
Book cover Salmon J F and Bowling B (2020) KanskiÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥™s clinical ophthalmology: a systematic approach. 9th edn. Edinburgh: Elsevier.
Book cover Shirodkar A and Williams G S (2019) Practical emergency ophthalmology handbook: an algorithm based approach to ophthalmic emergencies. Milton: Taylor & Francis.
Book cover Waqar S (2021) Fundamentals of glaucoma: a guide for ophthalmic nurse practitioners, optometrists and orthoptists. New Jersey: World Scientific.

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Journal articles

Journals

Book cover Journals of interest for ophthalmic nursing services. Use these links to see details of availability.

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