Maternal and Child Care: A parent calls the nurse triage line to say the child accidentally got hit in the eye and the parent believes the child will have a black eye. Which instruction is important for the nurse to provide this parent?

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A parent calls the nurse triage line to say the child accidentally got hit in the eye and the parent believes the child will have a black eye. Which instruction is important for the nurse to provide this parent?

James Marion Endrina Entice · Accepted Answer

Place ice on the eye for 20 minutes/off the eye for 20 minutes for 24 hours.

Maternal and Child Care

A parent calls the nurse triage line to say the child accidentally got hit in the eye and the parent believes the child will have a black eye. Which instruction is important for the nurse to provide this parent?

Place ice on the eye for 20 minutes/off the eye for 20 minutes for 24 hours.

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