A patient comes to the primary care clinic complaining of a head cold and ear pain with drainage. What should the nurse suspect this patient is experiencing?
a. Otitis externa
b. Hearing loss
c. Acute otitis media
d. Mastoiditis
C
Acute otitis media is connected with colds and drainage from the ear. A hearing loss may be ex-perienced as well, but the pain and drainage place the need to intervene for the infection first.
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