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Optometrists

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work_healthcare_practitioners/optometrists

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Children

10

Child Nodes (10)

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Examine eyes, using observation, instruments, and pharmaceutical agents, to determine visual acuity and perception, focus, and coordination and to diagnose diseases and other abnormalities, such as glaucoma or color blindness.

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Analyze test results and develop a treatment plan.

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Prescribe, supply, fit and adjust eyeglasses, contact lenses, and other vision aids.

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Prescribe medications to treat eye diseases if state laws permit.

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Educate and counsel patients on contact lens care, visual hygiene, lighting arrangements, and safety factors.

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Remove foreign bodies from the eye.

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Provide patients undergoing eye surgeries, such as cataract and laser vision correction, with pre- and post-operative care.

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Consult with and refer patients to ophthalmologist or other health care practitioner if additional medical treatment is determined necessary.

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Prescribe therapeutic procedures to correct or conserve vision.

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Provide vision therapy and low-vision rehabilitation.