Patient education for a patient who is being given nose drops for the first time includes:
1. having the patient sit down and tip her head to the side to allow for a better angle for instillation of the drops.
2. holding the dropper against the side of the nose so that all the medication flows into the nares.
3. telling the patient that it's OK to return any unused medication to the bottle so that it's not wasted.
4. tipping the head back and holding the bottle over the opening to the nares. Tell the patient to keep her head back for a few minutes.
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Appropriate instillation of nose drops requires that the head be tipped back and the bottle not touch the nose. The test taker will be asked to determine which answer combination is most correct.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: 1213
OBJ: 3 TOP: Nose Drops KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity
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