The nurse is caring for a child with retinoblastoma that was treated with an enucleation.What interventions should the nurse plan for care of an eye socket after enucleation?

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Care of the socket is minimal and easily accomplished.The wound itself is clean and has little or no drainage.If an antibiotic ointment is prescribed,it is applied in a thin line on the surface of the tissues of the socket.To cleanse the site,an irrigating solution may be ordered and is instilled daily or more frequently if necessary before application of the antibiotic ointment.The dressing consists of an eye pad changed daily.The prosthesis is not placed until the socket has healed.The opposite eye is not covered.

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