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Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher
Edition 9ISBN: 978-0323086783Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher
Edition 9ISBN: 978-0323086783 Exercise 2
What accurately describes an assessment of the ear?
A) Major landmarks of the tympanic membrane include the umbo, handle of malleus, and cone of light.
B) The presence of a retracted eardrum on otoscopic examination is indicative of positive pressure in the middle ear.
C) In chronic otitis media, the nurse would expect to find a lack of landmarks and a bulging eardrum on otoscopic examination.
D) To straighten the ear canal in an adult before insertion of the otoscope, the nurse grasps the auricle and pulls downward and backward.
A) Major landmarks of the tympanic membrane include the umbo, handle of malleus, and cone of light.
B) The presence of a retracted eardrum on otoscopic examination is indicative of positive pressure in the middle ear.
C) In chronic otitis media, the nurse would expect to find a lack of landmarks and a bulging eardrum on otoscopic examination.
D) To straighten the ear canal in an adult before insertion of the otoscope, the nurse grasps the auricle and pulls downward and backward.
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A. The tympanic retraction indicates neg...
Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher
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