Disorders
The nurse, Majayle, will assess for ____________ when the older adult home health patient complains that he is experiencing deep, throbbing pain on the entire right side of his head hurts and he has fever.
External otitis
When planning the care of a patient diagnosed with Meniere’s disease, which dietary recommendation will the nurse, Raven, incorporate into the care and the discharge instructions for the patient?
Sodium restrictions
A 71-year-old patient arrives to her appointment and her chief complaint is being severely dizzy. What instruction should the nurse, Raven, give the patient?
Avoid sudden movements
The nurse is preparing the patient problem list after completing the initial assessment. Which of the following patient problems would be assessed in the client with visual or auditory disorders? (Select all that apply)
Lonesomeness
Potential for injury
Social seclusion
Compromised social interaction
The tactile receptors in the human body respond to touch, pressure and vibration. These receptors are located where?
Throughout the integumentary system
The patient is scheduled for a procedure for removal of excess vitreous fluid caused by hemorrhage. The nurse explains this procedure is called:
Vitrectomy
A patient arrives to the ED following an injury involving a piece of wood being impaled in the patient’s eye. What is the first nursing intervention step for the immediate care of a patient with a penetrating wound of the eye?
Cover both eyes with an eye shield or cup
A patient was diagnosed with presbycusis. The nurse provides education that includes the information that presbycusis may occur secondary to:
Aging
Systemic diseases
Ototoxic drugs
Poor nutrition
Excess noise
The receptors for the sense of smell are located where?
In the upper part of the nasal cavity
As a nursing student, you are studying the parts of the ear and their function. Which part of the ear is responsible for the sense of balance and equilibrium?
Semicircular canals
The nurse, Tamara, is testing a patient with Otosclerosis, and knows she will take into consideration that the Weber test indicated a conductive hearing loss in a patient because the patient reported hearing the tone:
Louder in his affected ear
The physician is explaining the details of a corrective surgery of the ear called tympanoplasty. What does a tympanoplasty correct?
Conductive hearing loss
A patient has just returned from surgery following a tympanoplasty. What should the nurse, Nakeisha, include in the plan of care following a tympanoplasty?
Elevate the head of the bed with operative side facing upward
A patient is receiving discharge instructions following a cochlear implant. These instructions include the patient receiving maximum benefit following the procedure, by assuring the patient should:
Participate in extensive training and rehabilitation
You are performing an assessment on a patient and are visualizing his eardrums. On inspection with an otoscope, the normal tympanic membrane should appear:
Pearly pale pink
Reconstruction of the middle ear to preserve vital parts, with less impairment of hearing is called::
Tympanoplasty
You work on a medical-surgical unit in an acute care facility. One of your coworkers splashes a chemical in her eyes. What should be the first priority?
Irrigate with normal saline solution for 20 minutes
A patient who had an enucleation of the right eye has been admitted to Recovery. What should the nurse include in the plan of care?
Apply a pressure dressing over the right eye socket
The 80-year-old patient is experiencing hearing loss and has learned that hearing loss due to aging is called:
Presbycusis
The 12-month-old toddler has been diagnosed for a second time with otitis media. The nurse explains that otitis media may be found more frequently in children 6 to 36 months. The nurse explains the rationale includes the following information:
Eustachian tubes in children are shorter and straighter
What is an appropriate nursing intervention for a patient following a left vitrectomy?
Position self in a face-down position for 4-5 days
A patient was recently diagnosed with otosclerosis. The nurse explains the most common treatment today to treat otosclerosis and restore hearing is:
Stapedectomy
A patient was diagnosed with conductive hearing loss. The conditions that may cause conductive hearing loss include:
Buildup of cerumen
Foreign bodies
Otosclerosis of external auditory canal
A patient has arrived at the clinic for results of her recent hearing and ear tests. The patient is diagnosed with an inner ear problem. For what symptom should the nurse monitor the patient closely?
Vertigo
_____________ maintain the proper position of the body. They include any sensory nerve ending and they work in conjunction with the semicircular canals and the vestibule to maintain proper coordination.
Proprioceptors