Exam 19: Care of the Eye and Ear

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

The nurse is caring for an unconscious patient who has an artificial eye.To determine which eye is artificial, she shines a light into the patient's eyes.Why does the nurse do this?

In teaching a patient with a new eye prosthesis on how to care for his eye, the nurse informs the patient that: (Select all that apply.)

When providing eye care for the comatose patient, the nurse should:

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

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

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

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

A _____________ is a small, battery-powered, electronic device that amplifies sound.

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

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

When removing and cleansing a patient's eye prosthesis, the nurse:

____________ is the complete surgical removal of the eyeball.

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 can cause _______________.

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

The nurse decides that assistive personnel can provide care to a patient with contact lenses when the assistive personnel states:

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:

When caring for the patient with an artificial eye, the nurse realizes that:

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