What health teaching should the nurse provide to the parents of a child recovering from surgery to repair a cleft palate?
A) The child can expect to have chronic maxillary pain.
B) The child may have increased episodes of otitis media.
C) The child will have difficulty sensing the temperature of food.
D) The child may have a poor appetite from a decreased sense of taste.
B
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: Surgery to correct a cleft palate changes the contour of the palate and the slope of the eustachian tube to the middle ear. This can lead to a high incidence of middle ear infection or otitis media because organisms are able to reach this area from the oral cavity more readily than usual. The child is not expected to have chronic maxillary pain, inability to sense the temperature of food, or a poor appetite from a decreased sense of taste.
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