The nurse pours normal saline over the client's eye to wash out particles. Which phrase will the nurse use when documenting this procedure?
1. "Moisturized the eye with normal saline"
2. "Instilled normal saline into the eye"
3. "Irrigated the eye with normal saline"
4. "Sterilized the eye with normal saline"
Correct Answer: 3
Irrigation is washing out the area with fluid at low pressure that drains back out of the area, such as irrigating a wound or the eye. To instill is to put something into the area that will remain in place long enough for the solution to have an effect, such as instilling medication into the eye. To moisturize is to apply a fluid to replace the lost fluid from the cell, whereas to sterilize is to remove pathogens.
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