PHARM - Eye and Ear
The nurse has reinforced instructions to a client regarding the method for instilling eye drops into the left eye. The nurse determines that the client needs further teaching if the client does which during a return demonstration? - Lies supine, pulls up on the upper lid, and puts the drop in the upper lid Rationale:It is correct procedure for the client to either lie down or sit with the head tilted back. The thumb or finger is used to pull down on the lower lid. The client holds the bottle like a pencil (tip facing downward) and squeezes the bottle so that the drop falls into the sac. The client then gently closes the eye. An alternative method for clients who blink very easily is to place the client in the supine position with the head turned to one side. The eye to be used is uppermost. The client squeezes the drop onto the inner canthus. The client turns from this side to the other while blinking. Surface tension and gravity then cause the drop to move into the conjunctival sac.
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