The nursing instructor is teaching the Level 1 nursing students the proper way to instill eye drops in a patient's eye
How long would the instructor teach the students to wait between successive eye drops in the same eye to achieve adequate eye drop drug retention and absorption?
A) 30 seconds
B) 1 minute
C) 3 minutes
D) 5 minutes
Ans: D
Feedback: A 5-minute interval between successive eye drop administration allows for adequate drug retention and absorption. Any timeframe less than 5 minutes will not allow adequate absorption. Therefore options A, B, and C are incorrect.
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