By Felicity Dryer There are many exciting opportunities in the nursing field, one of the many thousands of these careers is to literally become a visionary in their field by exploring opportunities in optometry. Vision is a vital part of everyone’s life and saving someone’s valuable eyesight through early diagnosis, prevention and treatment can be very rewarding. According to WHO (World Health Organization), vision problems, eye diseases and other problems afflict both young and old, specifically: About 65% of all people who are visually impaired are aged 50 and older, and this age group comprises about 20% of the world’s population. An estimated 19 million children are visually impaired. Of…