A client has been diagnosed as being legally blind. The nurse realizes this client's vision is:
1. 20/200 or less in the better eye with correction.
2. 20/200 or less in the worse eye without correction.
3. 20/100 or less in the better eye without correction.
4. 20/100 or less in the worse eye with correction.
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Legal blindness is defined as vision of 20/200 or less on a Snellen chart in the better eye with correction. The eye needs to have correction in order to be diagnosed as legally blind; therefore, the choice of 20/200 in the worse eye without correction would be incorrect. The vision measurements of the other choices can be corrected with lenses and would not be categorized as legal blindness.
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