Free BCEN Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN) Practice Question

What is the recommended initial step in managing a patient presenting with a suspected metallic foreign body in the eye?

  • Perform visual acuity testing prior to any intervention

  • Immediately initiate ocular irrigation

  • Advise the patient to rub their eye to remove the object

  • Apply an antibiotic ointment to the affected eye

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BCEN Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN) / 
Maxillofacial and Ocular Emergencies
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