When doing patient teaching for a patient who will be self-administering ear drops for an ear infection, the nurse would instruct the patient to:
1. tip the affected ear up and keep it in that position for several minutes after instil-ling the medication.
2. keep the medication in the refrigerator to preserve it and instill it with the affected ear tilted upward.
3. touch the dropper to the opening of the ear canal to make sure that the drops are instilled correctly.
4. warm the ear drops and then tilt the head downward.
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The head is kept in the position to ensure that the drops penetrate deep into the external ear.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: 1193
OBJ: 4 TOP: Ear Drops KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity
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