Nursing · Fundamentals of Nursing
A nurse is administering prescribed eye drops to a patient. Which of the following actions performed by the nurse is correct?
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- 1Instill the drops directly onto the cornea for rapid absorption
- 2Hold the dropper about 1 cm above the conjunctival sac without touching the eye structures✓
- 3Apply firm pressure on the outer canthus to prevent systemic drug absorption
- 4If both eye ointment and eye drops are ordered together, apply the ointment first
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Hold the dropper about 1 cm above the conjunctival sac without touching the eye structures
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