Exam 15: Ears

An assessment of a 23-year-old patient reveals the following: an auricle that is tender and reddish-blue in color with small vesicles.The nurse would need to know additional information that includes which of these?

In performing an examination of a 3-year-old child with a suspected ear infection,the nurse would:

The nurse assesses the hearing of a 7-month-old by clapping hands.What is the expected response? The infant:

During an examination,the patient states he is hearing a buzzing sound and says that it is "driving me crazy!" The nurse recognizes that this symptom indicates:

In performing a voice test to assess hearing,which of these actions would the nurse perform?

When performing an otoscopic examination of a 5-year-old child with a history of chronic ear infections,the nurse sees that his right tympanic membrane is amber-yellow in color and that air bubbles are visible behind the tympanic membrane.The child reports occasional hearing loss and a popping sound with swallowing.The preliminary analysis based on this information is that the child:

During an otoscopic examination,the nurse notices an area of black and white dots on the tympanic membrane and the ear canal wall.What does this finding suggest?

During an assessment of a 20-year-old Asian patient,the nurse notices that he has dry,flaky cerumen in his canal.What is the significance of this finding? This finding:

The nurse is performing an ear examination of an 80-year-old patient.Which of these findings would be considered normal?

During an examination,the nurse notices that the patient stumbles a little while walking,and,when she sits down,she holds on to the sides of the chair.The patient states,"It feels like the room is spinning!" The nurse notices that the patient is experiencing:

A 17-year-old student is a swimmer on her high school's swim team.She has had three bouts of otitis externa this season and wants to know what to do to prevent it.The nurse instructs her to:

A 31-year-old patient tells the nurse that he has noticed pain in his left ear when people speak loudly to him.The nurse knows that this finding:

The nurse is preparing to perform an otoscopic examination of a newborn infant.Which statement is true regarding this examination?

A patient with a middle ear infection asks the nurse,"What does the middle ear do?" The nurse responds by telling the patient that the middle ear functions to:

The nurse is examining a patient's ears and notices cerumen in the external canal.Which of these statements about cerumen is correct?

The mother of a 2-year-old toddler is concerned about the upcoming placement of tympanostomy tubes in her son's ears.The nurse would include which of these statements in the teaching plan?

The nurse is assessing a patient who may have hearing loss.Which of these statements is true concerning air conduction?

In an individual with otitis externa,which of these signs would the nurse expect to find on assessment?

A patient has been admitted after an accident at work.During the assessment,the patient is having trouble hearing and states,"I don't know what the matter is.All of a sudden,I can't hear you out of my left ear!" What should the nurse do next?

While discussing the history of a 6-month-old infant,the mother tells the nurse that she took a significant amount of aspirin while she was pregnant.What question would the nurse want to include in the history?