The nurse who assesses a hematoma behind a client's left ear over the mastoid bone would document this finding as being:
1. normal.
2. Battle's sign.
3. caused by sun exposure.
4. perichondritis.
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A hematoma behind the ear over the mastoid bone would be documented as Battle's sign and is an indication of head trauma to the temporal bone. This is not a normal finding. Battle's sign is caused by head trauma to the temporal bone and not by sun exposure. Perichondritis is inflamed connective tissue of the ear cartilage.
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