Campbell Vision Screening

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Cara Monroe

October 12, 2021

Campbell Vision Screening

The Campbell vision screening consisted of observing students' eyes for crusting, redness

or drainage, having the students read the Snellen charts and observing the children to see if they

were squinting, and having the kindergarteners and first graders participate in the color blindness

test and the stereopsis test. The Snellen chart has rows of 5 letters, as you go down the chart, the

size of the letters begin to decrease. Sitting 20 feet away, we had the child cover their left eye

first, then their right eye and read the smallest line they could see. We recorded their results. On

the Snellen chart, the top number refers to the distance the person was standing or sitting away

from the chart (20 feet). The bottom number indicates the distance at which a person with normal

eyesight can read the same line you correctly read. The children were tested for color blindness

by a book. The children were instructed to take a Q-tip and trace the pattern or number they saw

in the image provided. The last test we performed on the younger kids was a stereopsis test,

which is to assess the child’s ability of binocular vision. The children put glasses on and looked

at images with a shape or letter on them. The children had to distinguish the two cards that had

images on them to the other that didn’t.

There were two clinical groups that participated in today’s vision screening. We quickly

finished all the groups before their screening time was up, so we were able to squeeze a few

more groups of students in. There were 6 groups that contained 3 nursing students. At each

station, we had a Snellen chart, pencils to use to point to the specific letter on the chart, 3 eye

covers, the stereopsis test with 2 pairs of glasses, the color blindness testing book, sanitizing

wipes, and hand sanitizer. Each nursing student took turns rotating through the different tests. We
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had to write the name of each student and record each of the students’ results on the form

provided by United Way.

Objective: Examines health related issues that impact the individual client and his

family and reflect in a weekly summary/ journal.

I was discussing with my clinical instructor and other classmates the different ethnicities

that go to Campbell City Schools. One lady that set up the screening confirmed that most of the

students that go to the school are Hispanic or of mixed ethnicities. Learning from class that

Hispanics are the ones to have health issues earlier on in life over most ethnicities helped me

prepare for what I would be seeing today. Every student came from a different financial

background as well. There were some children that did not look like they had the proper

resources at home to live comfortably and were simply ‘surviving’. For example, a little girl

couldn’t read past the third line on the Snellen chart, but already had glasses. She said the last

time she went to the eye doctor, that she could remember, was the time she received her

prescription. I thought to myself, ‘what if her family can’t afford to take her to the eye doctor and

pay to get new glasses?’ or ‘what if the family doesn’t have the proper health insurance that’ll

help the parents cover the prescription?’

Overall, this was by far my favorite clinical. Today was so fun. Despite being called ‘old’

by most of the students, I enjoyed the kids and the giggles we shared. I want to work in

Pediatrics, so this was the perfect environment for me. I had the chance to play rock, paper,

scissors with the cutest little girl and listen to her giggle. Then on the clipboard I was using, a

little boy noticed eyes on the back of it. I got to educate a little boy about pupils, using a penlight

and how to measure pupils using the penlight. I showed him the different injection sites in the

muscles which were also on the back of the clipboard. He only noticed that because he saw a butt
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from the gluteal injection. Also, most of the students spoke Spanish, so with my 3 years of

Spanish in high school under my belt, I was able to communicate with the students and learn new

words and phrases!