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.
ANS: D
The nurse's role in a penetrating eye injury is to prevent further injury to the eye. A Fox shield (if available) should be applied to the injured eye and a regular eye patch to the other eye to prevent bilateral movement. Placing cool compress on the eye during transport to emergency department, irrigating eye copiously with a sterile saline solution, or removing object with a lightly moistened gauze pad may cause more damage to the eye.
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