What will the nurse teach parents when giving instructions for acute conjunctivitis?
a. Apply cool compresses to the affected eye several times a day.
b. Instill topical steroid eye drops for 1 week.
c. Clear drainage from the inner to the outer aspect of the eye.
d. Keep the eye patched until the inflammation resolves.
ANS: C
Eye secretions are always cleared from the inner canthus downward and away from the opposite eye (inner to outer direction).
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