Visual Acuity and the Snellen Chart

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  • Опубликовано: 11 июл 2024
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    00:31 Setting Up a Snellen Chart
    01:02 Patient Instruction and Education
    01:28 Demo Visual Acuity Test
    01:42: Assigning values and documenting Snellen Chart Results
    03:09 What does 20/20 mean? Understanding the numbers of the Snellen Chart
    03:32 When to see the doctor
    03:38 What age group can I use the Snellen Chart With
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    Nurses learn how to assess a patient's ability to read and compare that to a normal average adult. Using the Snellen chart, nurses will position their patients 20 feet away from the chart and instruct them through a variety of tests where both the right and left eyes are assessed separately and then both together to determine the patient's visual acuity.
    There are many reasons why a patient will need a visual acuity exam completed. There may be complaints of irritation or signs of infection, injury, or declining function. This is a baseline exam that may result in a referral to an optometrist or ophthalmologist for further assessment.
    Understanding how the Snellen chart is graded will help nurses accurately educate and document their findings.
    In this video, we discuss how to set up your Snellen chart, patient education, and instruction for administering the exam and assigning a value and documentation.
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Комментарии • 159

  • @melanieruiz4204
    @melanieruiz4204 Год назад +9

    Omg! Your explanation of how to conduct the Snellen Visual Acuity test is the best video I have found anywhere! Thank you so much!!

    • @NurseMinder
      @NurseMinder  Год назад +2

      Ah! Thanks for sharing that with me. Means a lot

    • @melanieruiz4204
      @melanieruiz4204 Год назад +1

      @@NurseMinder I am new medical assistant student, feeling so lost with my clinical skills, been on my own to find help with skill building. Please know, you are making a huge difference with your videos.

  • @AhmedMohamed-mq2xz
    @AhmedMohamed-mq2xz 3 года назад +3

    Thanks, ma'am. Great explanation!

  • @billdunn3504
    @billdunn3504 2 года назад +5

    Tammy rocks. THank you for showing how to do an accurate eye exam using a smellen chart

  • @THEgayweedlobster
    @THEgayweedlobster 2 года назад +21

    I have a skills test tomorrow and this saved me so much time. Thank you so much!

  • @kareneastman9695
    @kareneastman9695 2 года назад +3

    This is so wonderful. Thanks for making and posting the video.:-)

  • @otiebrown9999
    @otiebrown9999 3 года назад +8

    Good review.
    Currently 20/20.
    Put a bright light on it.

  • @richmomoh1279
    @richmomoh1279 2 года назад +2

    Thank you

  • @dr.chrisstar3527
    @dr.chrisstar3527 3 года назад +3

    Thanks
    Needed a quick review!
    Right On!
    Dr.c*

  • @Katie_T92
    @Katie_T92 Год назад +3

    Thank you for this! Short and to the point! :)

    • @NurseMinder
      @NurseMinder  Год назад +1

      Thank you for watching

    • @freemygrandma8752
      @freemygrandma8752 11 месяцев назад

      Exactly. It was short and informative. She did good.

  • @justchinmaya6594
    @justchinmaya6594 Год назад +2

    Very helpful. Thanks.

  • @DrewandKatrinaBennett
    @DrewandKatrinaBennett 2 месяца назад

    Best explanation!! Thank you!!

  • @northeastpeople2193
    @northeastpeople2193 3 года назад +2

    Thank you it's very helpful 😘😘😘😘

  • @Hdooyas
    @Hdooyas 3 года назад +3

    thank you!!!

  • @kdmq
    @kdmq 2 года назад +11

    You can always sit 10 feet from a mirror that's 10 feet from a snellen test if the room isn't big enough.

  • @omniaalaa5657
    @omniaalaa5657 2 года назад +3

    We have shared your video on our university group in Egypt . thank you so much 💓

    • @NurseMinder
      @NurseMinder  2 года назад +1

      Ah! That is nice to hear!! Thanks for sharing

    • @omniaalaa5657
      @omniaalaa5657 2 года назад +1

      ♥️♥️

  • @christianobando750
    @christianobando750 Месяц назад +1

    Top notch content 👁👁

  • @katusciaokana7616
    @katusciaokana7616 3 года назад +11

    Thank you so much. I have a quiz this Saturday, and I couldn't quite understand how to interpret the result if a person has better than 20/20 vision like 20/10. You rock

  • @ghazishahshahbaba
    @ghazishahshahbaba 3 месяца назад +1

    Very interesting information doctor 🎉

  • @jerrytadkal9827
    @jerrytadkal9827 Год назад +2

    Great video

  • @DARWINZOO
    @DARWINZOO 2 года назад +1

    Check out the doctor from Calgary Canada. Excellent

  • @richmomoh1279
    @richmomoh1279 2 года назад +2

    20/20

  • @thaniabremer7255
    @thaniabremer7255 Год назад +2

    Weee thank you! i hope i pass my practical exams

    • @NurseMinder
      @NurseMinder  Год назад +2

      I have faith in you :)

    • @thaniabremer7255
      @thaniabremer7255 Год назад +2

      @@NurseMinder Oh my gosh you replied!:< I badly needed to hear this right now. Thank you so much angel!

  • @wildflower-web
    @wildflower-web 9 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you, that taught me what 20/20 means. What purpose do the green and red horizontal lines serve? Is it anything to do with testing for colour-blindness?

    • @SharpObserver1A
      @SharpObserver1A 6 месяцев назад

      "what others can see" that is totally ambiguous and incorrect, 20/20 means to see letters of 20 points high from 20 feet away = 20 feet / 20 point size letters. >> 20 feet / 7.05 millimeters >>>> 20 feet / 0.277 inches. the 20 points were later changed to a subtended 5 minute of arch ratio. Which is no longer a real 20/20 but >> 20 feet / 0.349 inches or 20 feet / 8.85 millimeters.

  • @otiebrown9999
    @otiebrown9999 Год назад +4

    Letter size?
    20/20 is 0.9 cm
    20/40 is 1.8 cm
    All proportional.
    This is
    1 minute of arc,
    and 2 minutes of arc.
    Good review.

    • @NurseMinder
      @NurseMinder  Год назад +2

      Hmmm. I had not considered this before

    • @SharpObserver1A
      @SharpObserver1A 6 месяцев назад

      "what others can see" that is totally ambiguous and incorrect, 20/20 means to see letters of 20 points high from 20 feet away = 20 feet / 20 point size letters. >> 20 feet / 7.05 millimeters >>>> 20 feet / 0.277 inches. the 20 points were later changed to a subtended 5 minute of arch ratio. Which is no longer a real 20/20 but >> 20 feet / 0.349 inches or 20 feet / 8.85 millimeters. care to see the math? => 240" x tan 5°/60 = 0.349"

  • @allgood6760
    @allgood6760 2 года назад +2

    I wish I had X Ray vision like Superman!

    • @NurseMinder
      @NurseMinder  2 года назад +3

      Me too - could be a bit of fun

  • @AshokVerma-nq4dy
    @AshokVerma-nq4dy 2 года назад +1

    Oh eye 👍

  • @alves5466
    @alves5466 3 года назад +47

    20 feet WTF 😳

    • @sanjaykavanekar274
      @sanjaykavanekar274 3 года назад +7

      If ur chart on A4 size then you should stand at 9.5 feet away from chart. That's universal

    • @alves5466
      @alves5466 3 года назад +9

      @@sanjaykavanekar274 yeah 9.5 feet, not 20

    • @NordenEngineering
      @NordenEngineering 2 года назад +2

      20 feet is the focal point for distance if the test is done closer the distance results will be incorrect if the test room is not large enough a reversed Snellen chart should be used viewed through a Ophthalmic Viewing Mirror with the distance from the patients eyes to the mirror added to the reflected distance to the chart both distances added together should equal 20 foot

    • @tomasaponce4973
      @tomasaponce4973 2 года назад

      @@sanjaykavanekar274 wpaaqqqqaá
      00pp00q0w1qqswaw9a9aq9

    • @_dyson
      @_dyson 2 года назад

      @@sanjaykavanekar274 i have A4 chart which can I use at 10 feet and 5 feet both and the results are approximately same

  • @angelrosereyes6183
    @angelrosereyes6183 2 года назад +2

    Hi good Day, I would like to ask if the patient who is wearing a glasses is need to wear their glasess while doing the test??
    Thank u

    • @NurseMinder
      @NurseMinder  2 года назад

      Glasses off and you can do with glasses on after

    • @DARWINZOO
      @DARWINZOO 2 года назад

      They do like to see what your current glasses are

  • @rommeldamarillos4045
    @rommeldamarillos4045 3 года назад

    Thanks u miss beautiful mam

  • @qualityreviewer3927
    @qualityreviewer3927 Год назад +2

    Should the measurement be based on what the patient can see relatively clearly or up to what they can just make out even if well out of focus?

    • @NurseMinder
      @NurseMinder  Год назад +1

      Based on what they can read out, once they make 2 or more errors on a line - you give them the reading of the line before

  • @1029julia
    @1029julia Год назад +2

    If a patient have eyeglasses do check both w/ and w/o glasses?

    • @NurseMinder
      @NurseMinder  Год назад

      Yes you can, and chart the findings as such

  • @Tom-xn8nn
    @Tom-xn8nn 4 месяца назад

    My chart has notations on the right side for different distances for each line ( 30 feet ,40 feet ect. ) should i ignore that and set it up at 20 feet as you did ?

    • @NurseMinder
      @NurseMinder  4 месяца назад

      30 and 40 feet are long distances. I wonder if it the 20/40 and 20/30 sight lines

  • @fatihsultanmehmet198
    @fatihsultanmehmet198 Год назад +2

    Hi. What will happen if i have lazy eye problem on left eye ?

    • @NurseMinder
      @NurseMinder  Год назад +1

      Great question. I don’t know it will affect it

  • @BW-kv9wj
    @BW-kv9wj 10 месяцев назад +1

    Are all Snellen chart letters the same including at a DOT exam? Or are some charts letters arraigned differently?

    • @NurseMinder
      @NurseMinder  10 месяцев назад

      There are a few varieties (pictures v letters) but I have only seen this one in practice in the places I work

    • @BW-kv9wj
      @BW-kv9wj 10 месяцев назад

      @@NurseMinder So, is it possible to memorize the letters, back and forth up to 20/40 and pass?

  • @Jp421JP
    @Jp421JP Год назад +3

    What do the Distances between the Letters and the numbers, 1,2,3 etc... mean?

  • @yosoyramos
    @yosoyramos Год назад +2

    Can glasses help you from blurry eyes?

    • @NurseMinder
      @NurseMinder  Год назад

      Yes, an eye exam will better support your eye health and plan

  • @nashi.t3965
    @nashi.t3965 2 года назад +3

    What if i have only right eyes is blurred?

    • @NurseMinder
      @NurseMinder  2 года назад

      Then you document it as such, and see an optometrist regularly

  • @goodheart1173
    @goodheart1173 Год назад +2

    we close eye with hand or paper? for reading

    • @NurseMinder
      @NurseMinder  Год назад

      Does not matter

    • @NurseMinder
      @NurseMinder  Год назад

      The paper ensures the person is not unintentionally using both eyes

  • @abdulazim7265
    @abdulazim7265 Год назад +2

    Don't we need to open the glasses during reading the Snellen chart?

    • @NurseMinder
      @NurseMinder  Год назад +1

      You can, just note it in your charting that the reading is with glasses on.

  • @darkcarnage5239
    @darkcarnage5239 7 месяцев назад +1

    What if a person makes 3 mistakes on line 5? Is that 20/40 -3 or you just write 20/30 for line 6?

    • @NurseMinder
      @NurseMinder  7 месяцев назад

      If they make 3 mistakes, you go back up to the line before it where they made 2 or less mistakes and use that as the vision

  • @sakuracardcaptor4709
    @sakuracardcaptor4709 4 месяца назад

    Video starts at 1:20

  • @sandiego1936
    @sandiego1936 Год назад +1

    Nurseminder so what is consider passing? Just being able to read all letters above the green line?

    • @NurseMinder
      @NurseMinder  Год назад +1

      20/20 is normal and not in need of eyewear, anything else signifies a change in vision that may need investigating (depending on patient presenting issues and history of natural visual changes)

    • @sandiego1936
      @sandiego1936 Год назад

      @@NurseMinder I see TY

    • @sandiego1936
      @sandiego1936 Год назад

      @@NurseMinder Nurse what are some things to do to clear blurry vision? Can you take Vitamin A or lub with eye drops?

    • @NurseMinder
      @NurseMinder  Год назад

      Have an eye exam first to see if there are any issues that can be corrected with glasses. She your family doc to rule out any illnesses

  • @jothidance7781
    @jothidance7781 10 месяцев назад

    Mam i see only e and fp when we see that one are we have to wear power or not

    • @NurseMinder
      @NurseMinder  9 месяцев назад

      I am unclear what you are asking when you say “we have to wear power” … I assume you mean glasses .. you can assess both: no glasses and with glasses

  • @tanushreesingha2669
    @tanushreesingha2669 Год назад +2

    Bro plz tell me the price of snallen chart🙏🙏

    • @NurseMinder
      @NurseMinder  Год назад

      Bro (lol) I had mine given to me. Have you tried an online search?

  • @shuvosaha3229
    @shuvosaha3229 3 года назад +3

    sister where did you get this?? can we print this to use at home?

    • @NurseMinder
      @NurseMinder  3 года назад +2

      I just added a link to the video - thanks! I will share it here for you as well amzn.to/33eeFzr

    • @shuvosaha3229
      @shuvosaha3229 3 года назад

      can you give us any pdf? so that we can print.. Amazon is not available in my country

    • @NurseMinder
      @NurseMinder  3 года назад

      I don’t have a pdf as I had to order it :( maybe google images?

    • @shuvosaha3229
      @shuvosaha3229 3 года назад +3

      I found a snellen chart by Googling, but it says to print it on A4 paper and keep it from 9 feet away..

  • @SuperCartoonist
    @SuperCartoonist 3 года назад +1

    64"inches height? That doesn't look like 64"inches.

  • @banyllasayoo5525
    @banyllasayoo5525 2 года назад +4

    Where to buy the snellen chart

    • @NurseMinder
      @NurseMinder  2 года назад

      Amazon

    • @banyllasayoo5525
      @banyllasayoo5525 2 года назад

      Can u send the link of the exact product,,,cuz I'm so confused which is the best

  • @JohnFoley-co7oy
    @JohnFoley-co7oy День назад +1

    Whixh line isit good for driving

    • @NurseMinder
      @NurseMinder  День назад

      This assessment only gives us information about our eye sight. Driving is safe with corrective glasses.

  • @jaysomewhereinflyoverterri735
    @jaysomewhereinflyoverterri735 3 года назад +2

    Every optometrist has an eye chart with a big, "E", on top. Just for once, I would like to have my eyes examined by a doctor who has, "biggies", on the top of his eye chart. Just a nice pair, and I would prefer them in artistic relief, like sticking out from the wall, not just a picture. And, they would have to be pert, not like, "National Geographic", biggies, as they would hang down so low, that they would block any reading of the lines of letters below them. IMHO, any optometrist who would use such a chart must be declared to be incompetent because it would be likely, eventually, that they would misdiagnose a Chinese lady as having a cataract, when she really owns a Rinkon Contenento.

    • @DARWINZOO
      @DARWINZOO 2 года назад +2

      Check out the Kindergarten one

    • @scott2296
      @scott2296 2 года назад +1

      E

  • @Gauravsharma-eo7pe
    @Gauravsharma-eo7pe Год назад +1

    Hope i will make it in my medical tests❤

  • @tanulsingh8563
    @tanulsingh8563 7 месяцев назад +1

    what are the dimensions of this snellen chart?

    • @NurseMinder
      @NurseMinder  7 месяцев назад

      No idea - I gave it away to nursing students to practice

    • @SharpObserver1A
      @SharpObserver1A 6 месяцев назад

      "what others can see" that is totally ambiguous and incorrect, 20/20 means to see letters of 20 points high from 20 feet away = 20 feet / 20 point size letters. >> 20 feet / 7.05 millimeters >>>> 20 feet / 0.277 inches. the 20 points were later changed to a subtended 5 minute of arch ratio. Which is no longer a real 20/20 but >> 20 feet / 0.349 inches or 20 feet / 8.85 millimeters.

  • @arts_neil9730
    @arts_neil9730 2 года назад +1

    I’m scared. I just googled how to convert diopters to a Snellen yesterday.

    • @NurseMinder
      @NurseMinder  2 года назад

      🧐

    • @arts_neil9730
      @arts_neil9730 2 года назад

      @@NurseMinder I don’t know. I know I made that only four months ago, but I have absolutely no clue what I meant to say. It’s fucking gibberish almost
      Edit: I also have no recollection of ever watching this video.

  • @reggieharris6039
    @reggieharris6039 Месяц назад

    You guys are full of it it should be 10 like the DMV. Here's what's crazy majority of items out here are imploded big.

    • @NurseMinder
      @NurseMinder  Месяц назад

      ? Not sure what you mean “imploded big” -

  • @juzores1
    @juzores1 Год назад +1

    The scoring ?

    • @NurseMinder
      @NurseMinder  Год назад

      You can make one mistake and still move on. Once you make 2 or more mistakes, you stop and give them the line that had only 1 mistake or less

  • @richmomoh1279
    @richmomoh1279 2 года назад +2

    20/20 feet vision

  • @Handle_symphony
    @Handle_symphony 4 месяца назад +1

    Mine is small handheld chart

  • @zer00gravity33
    @zer00gravity33 Год назад +1

    I have one eye 20/20 vision but other eye has myopia

    • @NurseMinder
      @NurseMinder  Год назад

      Thanks for sharing! I have not had 20/20 in either eye (without glasses) since I was a teenager

  • @jshock1695
    @jshock1695 2 года назад +2

    Im pretty lucky that i have 20/10 vision

    • @NurseMinder
      @NurseMinder  2 года назад

      Yes you are! :)

    • @timothycao3851
      @timothycao3851 2 года назад

      Do you wear corrective lenses or anything?

    • @jshock1695
      @jshock1695 2 года назад

      @@timothycao3851 no just my eyes

    • @timothycao3851
      @timothycao3851 2 года назад

      @@jshock1695 damn how did you manage to achieve that bro?

    • @jshock1695
      @jshock1695 2 года назад

      @@timothycao3851 birth

  • @SharpObserver1A
    @SharpObserver1A 6 месяцев назад +1

    "what others can see" that is totally ambiguous and incorrect, 20/20 means to see letters of 20 points (printing terminology) high from 20 feet away = 20 feet / 20 point size letters. >> 20 feet / 7.05 millimeters >>>> 20 feet / 0.277 inches. the 20 points were later changed to a subtended 5 minute of arch ratio. Which is no longer a real 20/20, but this >> 20 feet / 0.349 inches or 20 feet / 8.85 millimeters.

  • @maskdreyy
    @maskdreyy 3 года назад +3

    Wtf 20 mehn cant see it HAHAHA

  • @user-gb5hz7qk5o
    @user-gb5hz7qk5o 2 года назад +1

    Thanks for your efforts, but May you speak some Arabic Word..

    • @NurseMinder
      @NurseMinder  2 года назад

      Thanks. If I knew some, I would. I love learning new languages

  • @erikalittlefield
    @erikalittlefield Год назад

    I’m blind in my left eye lol

    • @NurseMinder
      @NurseMinder  Год назад +1

      Legally blind or are you just kidding around? I can’t read any of them without glasses

    • @erikalittlefield
      @erikalittlefield Год назад

      @@NurseMinder I’m 100% blind in my left eye

  • @mchaudhari2447
    @mchaudhari2447 2 года назад

    This chart not maked correct method from 5 minute of arc

    • @NurseMinder
      @NurseMinder  2 года назад

      I am not sure what you are sharing

    • @mchaudhari2447
      @mchaudhari2447 2 года назад

      Snellen char make a required 5 nodal point 5 minute of arc basis but this board letter looking is very small 6/6 letter size is required 8 mm height and same like width

    • @mchaudhari2447
      @mchaudhari2447 2 года назад

      @@NurseMinder you know 5 minute of arc nodal 5 nodal point

    • @SharpObserver1A
      @SharpObserver1A 6 месяцев назад

      @@NurseMinder "what others can see" that is totally ambiguous and incorrect, 20/20 means to see letters of 20 points high from 20 feet away = 20 feet / 20 point size letters. >> 20 feet / 7.05 millimeters >>>> 20 feet / 0.277 inches. the 20 points were later changed to a subtended 5 minute of arch ratio. Which is no longer a real 20/20 but >> 20 feet / 0.349 inches or 20 feet / 8.85 millimeters.

  • @ohiopeople1248
    @ohiopeople1248 6 месяцев назад

    6 meter lmao

  • @aubreynoftall3830
    @aubreynoftall3830 Год назад

    a boys haircut

  • @_________---------______we6315
    @_________---------______we6315 Год назад +1

    I have a question u can't read more than 5 th line with glasees what that mean like i can also not read the last line of 6/6 with my left eye but with my right eye i can read it is it bcz of i have a high power in my left eye ???? Pls reply me

    • @NurseMinder
      @NurseMinder  Год назад

      It means you may need a new prescription, and an eye exam will be helpful

  • @_________---------______we6315
    @_________---------______we6315 Год назад +1

    Which line we should consider for 20/20vision 8 th line or 6 th line

    • @NurseMinder
      @NurseMinder  Год назад

      The one that reads 20 feet , 20/20