Vision Test for Nursing School

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Hi everyone,

I am supposed to start nursing school in a month. I am worried because my school requires vision corrected to 20/20 in at least one eye. I failed the eye exam and am having to get new glasses. My concern is that even with new glasses I may not be able to be corrected to 20/20. The standard seems a little high...it seems like 20/30 should be acceptable. Are all nursing schools this stringent?

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Specializes in Apheresis, Bone Marrow Transplant, Dialysis,.

My school requires a vision test AND requires that you attest that you at not color blind. I thought that was wild. They did not administer the test at the school. Anywho...as long as my doctor signed off they were fine.

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Right, but did they require 20/20?

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Specializes in Critical care.
My school requires a vision test AND requires that you attest that you at not color blind. I thought that was wild. They did not administer the test at the school. Anywho...as long as my doctor signed off they were fine.

That's ridiculous! One of my nursing managers was color blind and she was very successful managing multiple departments.

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Did you talk to your eye doctor about your concerns?

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Specializes in Psychiatry, Community, Nurse Manager, hospice.

20/20 is a ridiculous standard. 20/30 is often not even corrected.

I have my doubts about a school that would reject students based on that.

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