A female patient, 23 years old, comes to the ED with excruciating pain in her left ear. On assessment, the nurse notes that the patient experiences extreme pain during palpation of the tragus. Which of the following would the nurse suspect?
A) Otitis media
B) Furuncle
C) Foreign body
D) Impacted cerumen
B
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The 20-year-old client at 10 weeks' gestation is preparing for her first prenatal visit. She confides: "This pregnancy was unplanned. I'm not sure if I want to be pregnant or not. I haven't even told my boyfriend I'm pregnant
And I haven't decided if I'm going to continue the pregnancy." Which of the following statements should the nurse make next? 1. "It's really unusual for a pregnant woman to feel this way early in the pregnancy." 2. "These thoughts are because your mother died when you were 4 years old." 3. "You should go to a pregnancy support group to be a good mother." 4. "It's common to feel ambivalent about pregnancy in the first trimester."
The length of treatment for sinusitis in a low-risk patient should be:
1. 5–7 days 2. 7–10 days 3. 14–21 days 4. 7 days beyond when symptoms cease
In preparing to assess visual acuity with a Snellen chart, the nurse instructs the client to:
a. Remove eyeglasses before attempting to read the lowest line. b. Stand 10 feet from the chart and read the first line aloud. c. Hold a white card over one eye and read the smallest possible line. d. Squint if necessary to improve ability to read the largest letters.