A client arrives at the hospital emergency department for treatment of an injury to the eye after being hit by a baseball bat. On assessment the nurse notes that the eye is bleeding. Which of the following nursing actions would be appropriate?
a) Apply pressure to the eye.
b) Irrigate the eye.
c) Cover the eye with cold sterile saline gauze.***
d) Send the client to the radiograph department for a skull series.
a) Apply pressure to the eye.
b) Irrigate the eye.
c) Cover the eye with cold sterile saline gauze.***
d) Send the client to the radiograph department for a skull series.
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Eye diseases