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Assessing eye health knowledge and practices amongst primary health care nurses in a rural district, South Africa

Expiry Date
: 12/03/2031
CPD Units
: 3.00 Points

This study evaluated the primary eye care knowledge amongst the PHC nurses in Alfred Nzo District Municipality, and the current practices and protocols they used in managing eye care cases.

Keywords: Visual impairment, Primary Health Care, Primary Eye Care, Nurses, Eye health, Primary Health Care clinics, knowledge and practices, rural eye health

Reading material:

Educational Objectives

Educational Aim:

This study aimed to assess Primary Health Care (PHC) nurses’ knowledge and practices they used in managing eye care cases in Primary Health Care (PHC) clinics within the rural district and other similar rural contexts.

Educational Outcomes:
Upon completion of this module practitioners should have a clear understanding of:

  1. The primary eye care knowledge amongst nurses and community health workers.
  2. The assessment of eye patients in the Primary Health Care (PHC) clinics.
  3. The management of eye patients in the Primary Health Care (PHC) clinics.

Instructions for this Module

  • Read the supplied reading material and complete the quiz that follows;
  • You have three attempts to pass the quiz;
  • The pass grade is 70%;
  • You need to pass the quiz to claim your CPD certificate;
  • Please click on the CPD certificate link below to claim your CPD certificate and to update your CPD Manager.

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