The nurse is instructing a patient on the procedure to remove a rigid contact lens. Instruction by the nurse is correct if the patient uses which technique?
a. Slides lens onto the sclera and pinches off the lens
b. Draws periorbital skin taut and asks the patient to blink
c. Uses a bulb syringe and applies suction to the lens
d. Squeezes the upper and lower lids togeth-er to pinch the lens
B
To remove a hard lens from a patient's eye, the nurse draws the skin surrounding the eye tightly and instructs the patient to blink. Pulling the skin creates mild tension, which the eyelid uses to dislodge the lens from the cornea. Sliding a contact lens onto the sclera and pinching off the lens is the procedure to remove a soft contact lens. To prevent a corneal abrasion, the nurse avoids using suction to remove a contact lens. He or she avoids squeezing the eyelids together to prevent eye and conjunctival trauma from the hard lens.
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