How to support and advise patients on sight loss and driver safety
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How to support and advise patients on sight loss and driver safety

Erin Dean Health journalist

Nurses can advise patients with eye health problems on the common conditions that affect driving and when they should inform the DVLA

Almost one in five drivers (18%) say they have missed a turning because they were unable to see the road sign, and more than one in ten (12%) have never had an eye test, according to statistics published by the College of Optometrists.

Nursing Older People. 34, 6, 10-12. doi: 10.7748/nop.34.6.10.s5

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