A parent asks the nurse why her children get fewer ear infections as they grow older. The nurse's answer would be based on knowledge that, as compared with older children and adults, the in-fant's eustachian tube is proportionately:
1. Shorter, wider, and more horizontal.
2. Shorter, narrower, and more horizontal.
3. Shorter, narrower, and more diagonal.
4. Shorter, wider, and more diagonal.
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Rationale:
1. The eustachian tube is shorter, wider, and more horizontal in infants than in older children or adults, allowing bacteria to enter during yawning or sucking.
2. The eustachian tube is shorter, wider, and more horizontal in infants than in older children or adults, allowing bacteria to enter during yawning or sucking.
3. The eustachian tube is shorter, wider, and more horizontal in infants than in older children or adults, allowing bacteria to enter during yawning or sucking.
4. The eustachian tube is shorter, wider, and more horizontal in infants than in older children or adults, allowing bacteria to enter during yawning or sucking.
Nursing Process: Implementation
Category of Client Need: Physiological Integrity
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