List five nursing implementations that can help relieve the ...

[HCHenry]

List five nursing implementations that can help relieve the stressors of hospitalization.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

The nurse inspecting the tympanic membrane of a child with acute otitis media will find a tympanic membrane that is best described as:
 
  a. thin and translucent with a pearl-like color
  b. obscured by wax or purulent material
  c. yellow in color and no longer opaque in character
  d. red and bulging with full or absent light reflex

[josephsuarez]

Answer to Question 1

Explain all procedures
Be honest
Encourage parents to stay with the child
Maintain the routine of home
Encourage parents to bring a familiar object from home
Perform all invasive treatments in the exam room
Provide a consistent caretaker, when possible
Provide comfort to the child after traumatic procedures

Answer to Question 2

D

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A Incorrect. The tympanic membrane is normally thin and translucent with a pearl-like color, not red and bulging with full or absent light reflex like the tympanic membrane of a child with acute otitis media.
B Incorrect. The tympanic membrane of a child with acute otitis media will not appear obscured by wax or purulent material.
C Incorrect. The tympanic membrane of a child with acute otitis media will not appear yellow in color and no longer opaque in character.
D Correct. The tympanic membrane of a child with acute otitis media is described as red and bulging with full or absent light reflex.

[HCHenry]

TYSM

[strudel15]

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