The nurse inspecting the tympanic membrane of a child with acute otitis media will find a tympanic membrane that is best described as:
a. thin and translucent with a pearl-like color
b. obscured by wax or purulent material
c. yellow in color and no longer opaque in character
d. red and bulging with full or absent light reflex
D
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A Incorrect. The tympanic membrane is normally thin and translucent with a pearl-like color, not red and bulging with full or absent light reflex like the tympanic membrane of a child with acute otitis media.
B Incorrect. The tympanic membrane of a child with acute otitis media will not appear obscured by wax or purulent material.
C Incorrect. The tympanic membrane of a child with acute otitis media will not appear yellow in color and no longer opaque in character.
D Correct. The tympanic membrane of a child with acute otitis media is described as red and bulging with full or absent light reflex.
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