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Ophthalmic Nursing Services

Find information resources about ophthalmic nursing services and caring for patients with eye disorders including key resources, books, and journal articles. This guide is for RCN members including nursing students, nursing support workers, and registered nurses.

Last updated: 14/05/2026

Key Resources

Publication cover Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ (2025) Advanced level practice for ophthalmic nursing. London: RCN.
Publication cover Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ (2025) Eyes right: eye care insights for every health professional. London: RCN.
Publication cover Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ (2024) Eyes right: older people and driving. London: RCN.
Cochrane Reviews: Eyes & vision
The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association (2025) The eye care support pathway for children and young people with a vision impairment: England. 
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.
Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ (2025) RCN Ophthalmic conditions and treatment pathways.
  • Watch a series of short videos, developed by the RCN Ophthalmic Nursing Forum (ONF), which discuss a range of ophthalmic conditions, including adnexal, glaucoma, vitreo-retinal and ophthalmic emergencies.
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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 image Attzs M and Sheth T (2024) Ophthalmology made easy. Banbury: Scion Publishing.
Book cover Crossland, M (2024) Vision impairment: science, art and lived experience. London: UCL Press. 
Book cover Dumitrache M (ed.) (2024) Clinical ophthalmology: a guide to diagnosis and treatment. Cham: Springer.
Book cover Mulay S R (2025) Essentials of ophthalmology. Burlington: Allied Health Press. 
Book cover Panarelli J F, Grover D and Sheybani A (eds.) (2022) The pocket guide to glaucoma. Thorofare, NJ: SLACK Incorporated.
Book cover Peate I (2025) The eyes. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Book cover Shaw M E and Lee A (2025) Ophthalmic nursing. 6th edn. Oxford: Taylor & Francis Group.
Book cover Vashist P, et al. (2023) Textbook of community ophthalmology. Milton: Taylor & Francis Group.
Book cover image Watkinson, S and Williamson, S N (2023) Ocular disease and sight loss: meeting psychosocial needs. Cham, Switzerland: Springer.
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 (2023) Ophthalmology secrets. 5th edn. Philadelphia: Elsevier.
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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