Exam (elaborations) NURS 6531 HEENT BOARD VITALS

When examining the eyes, the nurse practitioner determines that the pupils change size when the client focuses from a close object to a distant object. This is interpreted as: A 21-year-old man presents to his health care provider for a 2-week history of ear pain and pruritus. On further questioning, he reports ear fullness and trouble hearing. He is a senior in college on a swimming scholarship. He has had these episodes in the past but not to this extent. On physical exam, his TM is difficult to visualize, but it is mobile without any inflammation. There is pain on palpation of the tragus. Pain is also …with traction of the pinna. Which of the following treatments should be prescribed for this patient? An elderly client presents to the nurse practitioner’s office with fever and complaints of right facial pain, copious yellow nasal drainage, and acute pain and headache when bending over. The symptoms have been occurring for about 5 days. There is not trans illumination of the right maxillary sinus and that area is very tender to palpation. The client’s diagnosis is: