The client arrives in the emergency department with a penetrating eye injury from wood chips that occurred while cutting wood.. Perform visual acuity tests

The client arrives in the emergency department with a penetrating eye injury from wood chips that occurred while cutting wood.

The nurse assesses the eye and notes a piece of wood protruding from the eye. What is the initial nursing action?

• a) Apply an eye patch.
• b) Perform visual acuity tests.***
• c) Irrigate the eye with sterile saline.
• d) Remove the piece of wood using a sterile eye clamp.