Which does the nurse implement to administer ear drops to a 5-year-old child?
1. Warm the ear drops in a microwave oven on low.
2. Pull the auricle up and out to straighten the ear canal.
3. Apply ear drops to cotton ball and insert in affected ear.
4. Instruct child to lie with affected ear on warm compress.
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2. The nurse pulls the client's auricle up and out to provide access to deeper ear structures for a client over the age of 3 years.
1. Ear drops are never warmed in a microwave oven because of the risk of overheat-ing the medication because microwave heating potentially leads to client burns or decreasing the effectiveness of the ear drops.
3. If cotton balls are used with ear drops, they are nonmedicated and inserted into the ear canal gently after the drops are instilled for brief periods of time.
4. The ear drops would drain out of the ear quickly if the client lies on a warm com-press with the affected ear down.
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