The client arrives in the emergency room with a penetrating eye injury from wood chips that occurred while cutting wood. The nurse assesses the eye and notes a piece of wood protruding form the eye. What is the initial nursing action?
a) apply an eye patch
b) perform visual acuity tests
c) irrigate the eye with sterile saline
d) remove the piece of wood using a sterile eye clamp
Ans: b) perform visual acuity tests
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