Exam 16: Ears

The nurse is performing middle ear assessment on a 15-year-old patient who has a history of chronic ear infections.When examining the right tympanic membrane,the nurse sees dense white patches.The tympanic membrane is otherwise unremarkable.It is pearly,with the light reflex at 5 o'clock and visible landmarks.The nurse should:

A 65-year-old male has reported a crusty nodule behind the pinna.Over the past 6 months,the nodule has been bleeding intermittently and has not healed.On physical assessment,the nurse finds an ulcerated crusted nodule with an indurated base.The preliminary analysis in this situation would be that this:

Which of the following statements about the eustachian tube is true?

The portion of the ear that consists of movable cartilage and skin is called the:

Which of the following traditionally used hearing tests have been recently found to yield unreliable data?

While performing a voice test to assess hearing in a patient,which of the following would the nurse do?

A patient with a middle ear infection asks the nurse,"What does the middle ear do?" The nurse says that the function of the middle ear is to:

A colleague is assessing an 80-year-old patient who has ear pain and asks him to hold his nose and swallow.Which of the following about this technique is true?

Which of the following is a risk factor for ear infections in young children?

A 31-year-old patient tells the nurse that he is experiencing a progressive loss of hearing.He says that it does seem to help when people speak more loudly or if he turns up the volume.The most likely cause of his hearing loss is:

The nurse is taking history from a patient who may have a perforated eardrum.What would be an important question in this situation?

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

During the ear examination of an 80-year-old patient,which of the following would be a normal finding?

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

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

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

When examining the ear with an otoscope,the nurse would expect to find that the tympanic membrane is:

A patient in her first trimester of pregnancy is diagnosed with rubella.Which of the following indicates the significance of this in relation to the infant's hearing?

The nurse is performing an otoscopic examination on an adult.Which of the following is true?

The nurse is preparing to do an otoscopic examination on a 2-year-old child.Which of the following reflects correct procedure?