The school nurse is caring for a child with a penetrating eye injury. Emergency treatment includes which intervention?

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The nurse's role in a penetrating eye injury is to prevent further injury to the eye. A Fox shield (if available) should be applied to the injured eye and a regular eye patch to the other eye to prevent bilateral movement. It may cause more damage to the eye to apply a regular eye patch, apply ice until the physician is seen, or irrigate the eye copiously with a sterile saline solution.

The School Nurse Is Caring for a Child with a Penetrating