A nurse in the free clinic is assessing a patient diagnosed with conjunctivitis who has presented for a follow-up examination. What finding would lead the nurse to conclude that the treatment for conjunctivitis was effective?
A) The patient's eye pain is unrelieved.
B) Preauricular adenopathy is decreased.
C) The patient is photophobic.
D) Both eyes have purulent discharge.
Ans: D
Feedback: After effective treatment for conjunctivitis, the patient's eye pain should be relieved, preauricular adenopathy should be decreased or completely resolved, and purulent discharge resolved. Further therapy is needed for the patient who has purulent drainage in both eyes. Photophobia is not associated with conjunctivitis.
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