A Patient Visits the Physician for a Routine Physical Examination

question 12

Multiple Choice

A patient visits the physician for a routine physical examination that involves testing distance vision. As she faces the Snellen chart, the nurse is to instruct the patient to

• A) use both eyes to read the chart.
• B) read the chart from right to left.
• C) cover one eye while testing the other.
• D) use any one eye since they will be the same.

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