Question

1. Following a motorcycle accident, a 17-year-old man is brought to the ED. What physical assessment findings related to the ear should be reported by the nurse immediately?

2. A group of high school students is attending a concert, which will be at a volume of 80 to 90 dB. What is a health consequence of this sound level?

3. A client has informed the home health nurse that she has recently noticed distortions when she looks at the Amsler grid that she has mounted on her refrigerator. What is the nurse's most appropriate action?

4. A client who presents for an eye examination is diagnosed as having a visual acuity of 20/40. The client asks the nurse what these numbers specifically mean. What is a correct response by the nurse?

Answer 1

When an accident happens there are cases where there is no external bleeding but victims died.This is because of internal bleeding so a thorough assessment is necessary to save the life.The physical assessment of ear should be observed for any discharge which is clear or any watery fluid.This happens due to the injury of the part of brain which can be dangerous if not treated and informed to a nurse immediately for further assessment and care

Sound waves are the fastest traveler .The normal decible in which one can hear is about 60db.In a conversation 60 to 70 decible is normal.A range of 80 to 90 can lead to serious health consequences like hearing loss

Amsler grid is used to assess macular degeneration. Usually this happens as the patient ages and it is often age related

These numbers are used to measure the visual acquity of an individual.The vision is normal if ranges 20/20 (a person can see object at a distance of 40feet)In 20/40 the person can visualise object at  a distance of 20 feet only