The Nurse Is Teaching a Mother to Administer Ophthalmic Ointment

The nurse is teaching a mother to administer ophthalmic ointment to her infant with conjunctivitis.The nurse determines that learning goals have been met when the mother performs which action?

A) Places the ointment on a swab and spreads it across closed eyelids.
B) Instills the medication to the lacrimal duct.
C) Uses sterile gauze to apply the ointment.
D) Applies the ointment directly to the conjunctival sac.