Author Question: List five nursing implementations that can help relieve the stressors of hospitalization. What ... (Read 61 times)

HCHenry · **on:** Jun 27, 2018

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 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 27, 2018

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.