Exam 19: Care of the Eye and Ear

The nurse is preparing to provide eye care for an unconscious patient.The nurse realizes that unconscious patients do not have natural protective mechanisms to protect the cornea.These protective mechanisms include (Select all that apply.)

The nurse decides that unregulated care providers can provide care to a patient with contact lenses when the unregulated care provider states:

How does the nurse assess that a hearing aid is operating correctly?

When providing care to a patient who has splashed bleach into his eye,the nurse will

The patient is brought into the emergency department after a motor vehicle accident.The patient is unresponsive.The nurse is concerned about whether or not the patient wears contact lenses because contact lenses that are not removed

Which of the following nursing interventions would the nurse perform first after a patient sustained a chemical splash injury to the eye?

In caring for a patient with contact lenses,the nurse should be aware that

The elderly patient is instructed to store his hearing aid in a(n)

The patient is found to have impacted cerumen in his ear canal.The nurse most likely will

How should the nurse position the ear when performing ear irrigation for a 2-year-old patient?

The nurse is preparing to clean the patient's hearing aid.The nurse realizes that he or she must

The nurse caring for an unconscious patient determines that he is wearing contact lenses.Which of the following nursing interventions will the nurse use when removing the contact lenses?

The patient is brought to the emergency department after receiving a chemical burn to his eyes.The doctor prescribes immediate eye irrigations.Of the following solutions,which would be the most beneficial for this patient?

When removing a soft contact lens,the nurse finds that it is sticking together.What should the nurse do next?

When providing eye care for the unconscious patient,the nurse should

When instructing a patient on correct technique for inserting a hearing aid into the ear,the nurse will include which of the following instructions?