A first-grade student in was struggling to keep up in school. She was withdrawn and sullen, and her grades were suffering. During a routine mass vision screening, the school nurse referred her for a comprehensive eye exam. Her mother followed up with a specialist and was told that the young girl would require very strong
Mr. Merritt received a retinal screening from Prevent Blindness NC at the Bernstein Community Health Center in Greenville NC. After the screening results indicated a possible problem with the pressure in his eyes, Mr. Merritt knew he needed to be seen by a doctor. Through PBNC and our partnership with the VSP Voucher Program, Mr.
Larry is a diabetic patient at a clinic served by Prevent Blindness North Carolina. At a recent appointment with his physician, Larry mentioned having problems with his visual acuity – the clarity of vision or the ability to discern the shapes and details of the things you see. It’s just one factor in your overall
PBNC’s mission aims to detect and eliminate uncorrected vision problems, provide greater access to treatment, and thereby prevent blindness and preserve the sight of everyone we serve. Providing direct services to over 550,000 North Carolinians annually, PBNC’s three primary programs provide the latest in best-practice, evidence-based and age-appropriate screening standards. While we have always collected
Mary Hawley Oats has been a School Nurse in the Lee County Schools for 40 years. She realized early on that it was important to know students could see and hear to succeed in the classroom. She began a program called Health-A-Rama that occurred annually in the Fall. During Health-A-Rama, classrooms of students in kindergarten through ninth grade would come to the gym or library and get their vision,
