The nurse prepares to remove the patient's soft contact lenses.Which intervention should the nurse implement to remove the lenses without traumatizing the cornea?

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To remove a soft contact lens from a patient's eye,the nurse moves the lens to the sclera and gently compresses it.This maneuver disrupts the surface tension holding the lens to the eye,allowing the nurse to lift the lens off the eye without traumatizing the cornea.The nurse avoids flooding the eye with irrigation solution because it increases the risk of losing the lens.The nurse asks the patient to blink to eject a hard lens.The nurse avoids pinching the lens since that would risk corneal trauma.

The Nurse Prepares to Remove the Patient's Soft Contact Lenses