A primary care nurse practitioner (NP)sees a patient who has a 1-week history of watery,painful eyes with copious amounts of clear discharge and a sore throat.The NP observes bilateral erythema of the conjunctivae and palpates enlarged preauricular lymph nodes.The NP should prescribe _____ drops.

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The patient has symptoms of viral conjunctivitis; clear discharge is characteristic.Antibiotic drops are often prescribed to prevent a bacterial infection.Ganciclovir drops are antiviral drops but are reserved for patients with a clinical diagnosis of herpetic keratitis by an ophthalmologist.Sympathomimetic drops are used to treat glaucoma.Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drops are sometimes used for allergic conjunctivitis.

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