HEENT Pt. 2 Flashcards
What is the pina
OUter ear
Know the ear attonomy
Yes
What are some questions we are going to ask relating to the ear
Hearing, changes, hearing aids, ringing, buzzing, cleaning
How can you tell if someone is HOH
leaning in, answering the wrong question, HUH
Should you remove hearing aids before the physical assessment
Yes
What is tinnitus
Ringing or bussing in the ears sometimes caused by meds, ANTIBIOTICS
Should you clean your ears with Qtips
NO, corner of a wet washcloth
What are the expected finding of the external ear
Alignment with eyes, color matches, no lesions, tenderness, or edema, no cerumen, good hearing
What is cerumen
Ear wax
What do you need to use when assess the external ear
Penlight
What does CN VIII
Hearing
What is different in the ear of children
Cancle is shorter and wider and horizontal
What does it imply that childrens ears are more horizontal
Can’t drain properly so it causes infections
What do pregnant women experence with their ears
Cotton ears, fullness since blood vessels are dialated
What are different about older peoples ears
Hearing LOSS, higher-frequencies can’t be heared, thicking of the tympanic membrane
Why is it hard for older people to hear women
Because they speek in a higher pitch
What is otitis extern
Swimmers ear, outer ear cancl irritation
What are the risk factors of otitis externa
Swimming, cleaning, occlusion, diabetes (poor blood flow)
What are the S+S of otitis externa
pinna traction, sticky yellow discharge, swelling
What is pinna traction
Pain when pulled on
What is otitis media
Inflammation in the outear ear
What are the risk factors of otitis media
PACIFIERS, daycare, tabacco smoke
What are the S+S of otitis media
Ear pulling in children, mastoid process pain
How does otits media get assessed
MD looks inside
What is the nursing interventions for otitis media
Pain management (FLACC scale), compress
What should you teach your pts
How to administer ear drops below and above 3 years old
What is cauliflower ear
Repeated episodes of minor blunt trauma
What is a hematoma caused by
Trauma espeacilly in sports