Posted: August 16th, 2017

When the patient tells the nurse that his vision is 20/200, and asks what that means, the nurse informs the patient that a person with 20/200 vision

When the patient tells the nurse that his vision is 20/200, and asks what that means, the nurse informs the patient that a person with 20/200 vision
a) sees an object from 20 feet away that a person with normal vision sees from 200 feet away.
The fraction 20/20 is considered the standard of normal vision.
b) sees an object from 200 feet away that a person with normal vision sees from 20 feet away.
Most people, positioned 20 feet from the eye chart, can see the letters designated as 20/20from a distance of 20 feet.
c) sees an object from 20 feet away that a person with normal vision sees from 20 feet away.
The standard of normal vision, 20/20 means that the patient can read the 20/20 line from a distance of 20 feet.
d) sees an object from 200 feet away that a person with normal vision sees from 200 feet away.
In order to read the 20/20 line, the person of normal vision will be standing at a distance of 20 feet from the chart.