Your patient has just arrived to the floor after an enucleation procedure following a motorcycle accident in which his left eye was irreparably damaged
When the patient is cognitively aware you explain about the pressure dressing and the administration of a topical antibiotic ointment three times daily. The patient asks where the ointment is going to be put. What would the nurse answer?
A) The conjunctival sac
B) Under the upper eyelid
C) In the eye socket
D) At the inner canthus of the eye
Ans: C
Feedback: Patients who undergo eye removal need to know that they will usually have a large ocular pressure dressing, which is typically removed after a week, and that an ophthalmic topical antibiotic ointment is applied in the socket three times daily. Options A, B and D are incorrect for the placement of an antibiotic ointment after enucleation.
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