Difficulty: Medium
Average Score: 78%
Simulated
A nurse at an ophthalmology clinic is providing teaching to a client who has open-angle glaucoma and a new treatment regimen of timolol and pilocarpine eye drops. Which of the following instructions should the nurse provide?
Correct answer
C
Rationale
Administering medications 5 minutes apart prevents dilution or washout of one medication by another. Contact lenses must be removed, the dropper should not touch the eye, and pressure on the conjunctival sac is correct but not the best instruction here.