The nurse irrigates the patient's right ear with saline solution to improve hearing.Which unexpected outcome of ear canal irrigation does the nurse prevent by preparing the irrigation solution properly?

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The nurse expects to irrigate the patient's ear canal without causing patient discomfort,pain,nausea,or vertigo by warming the irrigation solution before instilling it.The nurse expects the patient to sense the warmth of the irrigation solution; this is an expected outcome.Irrigation drainage from the ear containing brown particles is consistent with clinical indicators for effective ear irrigation because this is evidence of cerumen removal; this is an expected finding if cerumen was in the ear canal before the procedure.Failure of patient hearing to improve after irrigation is a possible unexpected outcome,but it is not influenced by warming of solution.

The Nurse Irrigates the Patient's Right Ear with Saline Solution