The nurse is preparing to administer eardrops to a 5-year-old child. Nursing care is appropriate if which technique is used by the nurse?
a. Warm the eardrops in a microwave oven on low.
b. Pull the auricle upward and outward.
c. Apply eardrops to a cotton ball and insert them in the affected ear.
d. Instruct the child to lie with the affected ear on a warm compress.
B
The nurse pulls the patient's pinna upward and outward to provide access to deeper ear structures for a patient over the age of 3 years. Eardrops are never warmed in a microwave oven because of the risk of overheating the medication; microwave heating potentially leads to patient burns or decreased effectiveness of the eardrops. If cotton balls are used with eardrops, they are nonme-dicated and inserted into the ear canal gently for a brief period of time after the drops have been instilled. The eardrops would drain out of the ear quickly if the patient lies on a warm compress with the affected ear down.
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