The School Nurse Is Caring for a Child with a Penetrating

question 16

Multiple Choice

The school nurse is caring for a child with a penetrating eye injury.Emergency treatment includes what intervention?

• A) Place a cool compress on eye during transport to the emergency department.
• B) Irrigate the eye copiously with a sterile saline solution.
• C) Remove the object with a lightly moistened gauze pad.
• D) Apply a Fox shield to the affected eye and any type of patch to the other eye.

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