Exam 31: Disorders of Hearing, Balance, and Vision

Following an ophthalmologic exam with dilating drops, a patient calls the clinic to report eye pain and seeing halos around lights. The nurse realizes that this may be narrow-angle glaucoma due to the angle between the iris and cornea being blocked. Which advice should the nurse give to the patient?

The occupational safety nurse in a manufacturing plant is developing an employee program to prevent hearing loss. Which statement by a participant indicates that more teaching is needed?

In caring for a patient with open-angle glaucoma, which medication class of eye drops can the nurse anticipate administering to reduce the production of aqueous humor?

Which information would the nurse give to a family with a newborn with a hearing loss?

Which statement is typical of a patient with recently diagnosed open-angle glaucoma?

During a community health fair, which information on risk factors for glaucoma should the nurse present?

An nursing assessment of a patient with otosclerosis is likely to reveal:

Following Healthy People 2020 guidelines for hearing, when should the pediatric nurse recommend to new parents that their baby be screened for hearing loss?

Which statement indicates to the nurse that the patient understands his blurred vision caused by astigmatism?

The nurse plans care for a patient with presbycusis by taking which of the following into account?

When assessing an adolescent with latent nystagmus, which finding should the nurse expect?

Which statement by a parent of an adolescent recently diagnosed with amblyopia requires more teaching?

When performing an assessment on a patient reporting hearing loss, which cranial nerve would the nurse include in the assessment?

Which finding would the nurse expect during a history and physical exam of a child with refractive amblyopia?

Which concept should the nurse keep in mind when developing a care plan for a patient with conductive hearing loss?

A patient with otosclerosis tells the nurse she can hear better in a noisy room. The nurse explains that this is called:

Which response should the nurse give the parent who is concerned about permanent hearing loss in her child with one episode of acute otitis media (AOM)?

When providing discharge instructions to a patient with Ménière disease, which instruction should the nurse include?

Which instruction should the nurse give to the parent of a 4-year-old child with bacterial conjunctivitis?

Which statement by a patient receiving an osseointegrated hearing implant indicates to the nurse that teaching about the implant has been effective?