The nurse is preparing to administer eardrops to a 28-month-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 pinna down and straight back.
c. Apply the eardrops to a cotton ball and insert 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 down and straight back to facilitate the medication reaching the inner ear. 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 nonmedicated 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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