BEST HINT NURS 714 EXAM WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

A 6-year-old female presents to your pediatric office with her mother complaining of right ear pain for 3 days. This pain resolved with Tylenol. The patient has also had noted fevers of 101.3°F over the last 2 nights. The patient had a nonproductive cough for 7 days prior to the ear pain. On physical exam, the patient has tenderness with tugging on the auricle of the ear. The tympanic membrane is not mobile with pneumatic otoscopy and is erythematous and full. The patient has no drainage from the ear and no mastoid tenderness. What is the next step? 1. Symptom management and reassurance that symptoms will resolve with time. 2. Computed tomography (CT) of the head. 3. Amoxicillin 80 to 90 mg/kg/d. 4.Augmentin 45 mg/kg/d. 3.Amoxicillin 80 to 90 mg/kg/d. A 10-year-old male in 5th grade presents to the pediatric office with his mother complaining of itchy and red eyes for 1 day. The patient complains of watery drainage in both eyes, associated with repetitive itching. On physical exam, he has no fever or constitutional symptoms. His vision is normal, with no decrease in extraocular movements. The patient has a sibling that just started day care recently. He also has bilateral preauricular lymph nodes that are inflamed. What is the patient's diagnosis? 1.Viral conjunctivitis. 2.Bacterial conjunctivitis. 3.Allergic conjunctivitis. 4.Blepharitis. 1.Viral conjunctivitis.