A nurse examines a client's auditory canal and tympanic membrane with an otoscope and observes which finding as normal?
a. Clear fluid lining the auditory canal
b. A firm tympanic membrane without fluctuation with puffs of air
c. A small hole within the cone of light
d. A shiny, translucent tympanic membrane
ANS: D
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