
A nurse is caring for a patient who is wearing contact lenses. If the patient cannot care for the lenses himself, and the nurse has difficulty removing a hard lens by hand, it is correct for the nurse to:
A) leave the contacts in place for up to a month.
B) use a lens suction cup to remove the lens.
C) request an ophthalmologist (eye specialist) to come in to remove the lenses.
D) irrigate the eye with saline until the lens floats out.
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