The nurse should instruct a client with impaired hearing due to impacted cerumen to do which of the following?
1. Clean out the wax with an ear swab
2. Insert water into ears every day
3. Occlude nasal passages with pinched fingers and blow until the ears pop
4. Utilize prescribed lubricating and dissolving medication as indicated
4. Utilize prescribed lubricating and dissolving medication as indicated
Rationale:
The nurse should instruct the client how to use the prescribed medication to lubricate and dissolve the impacted cerumen. The nurse should not instruct the client to clean out the wax with an ear swab nor to insert water into the ears daily. The technique of occluding the nasal passages with pinched fingers and blowing until the ears pop could cause damage to the client's inner ear structures and should not be done.
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