A client is scheduled for a tympanoplasty. What actions by the nurse are most appropriate? (Select all that apply.)
a. Administer preoperative antibiotics.
b. Assess for allergies to local anesthetics.
c. Ensure that informed consent is on the chart.
d. Give ordered antivertigo medications.
e. Teach that hearing improves immediately.
ANS: A, C
Preoperatively, the nurse administers antibiotics and ensures that informed consent is on the chart. Local anesthetics can be used, but general anesthesia is used more often. Antivertigo medications are not used. Hearing will be decreased immediately after the operation until the ear packing is removed.
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