Exam 19: Care of the Eye and Ear

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 _______________.

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?

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

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

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

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):

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

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 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:

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?

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

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

The substance found in the ear canal that has an antibacterial effect and maintains an acid pH is called ______________.

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

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

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