The nurse is assessing a patient's visual field. Which action(s) demonstrate(s) correct technique? (Select all that apply.)

Question

a. The nurse faces the patient.
b. The nurse covers her right eye while in-structing the patient to cover his right eye.
c. The nurse moves a finger from an area outside the line of peripheral vision into the line of vision.
d. The nurse instructs the patient to read the smallest row on the Snellen chart.
e. The nurse instructs the patient to look di-rectly into her eyes.

Answer 1

A, C, E
To assess visual field, the examiner should face the patient and ask him to look directly into his eyes. The examiner covers the right eye while the patient covers the left eye. The examiner moves his finger from outside of the peripheral vision into the line of vision. The patient should detect the finger about the same time as the examiner. The test is repeated with the other eye covered. The Snellen chart is not used for a visual field test.