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Health Assessment Exam 3: Ear, Nose, Mouth, Throat Review Questions and Answers (Latest 2025)
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Health Assessment Exam 3: Ear, Nose,Mouth, Throat Review Questions and
Answers (Latest 2025)
The nurse is assessing the ear of an adult client. How should
the nurse perform the examination?
A. Pull the pinna down and insert scope
B. Insert the scope straight into the ear
C. Pull the pinna up and back and insert the scope
D. Tilt the scope to the angle of the ear - Correct Answer ✅
C. Pull the pinna up and back and insert the scope
Which of the following would be considered subjective data?
A. The client states that he has clear discharge coming out of
his ears.
B. You note that the client's ears are equal size and shape.
C. The client is unable to hear the words on the Whispered
Voice Test.
D. The client's ear drum is a pearl gray color. - Correct
Answer ✅ A. The client states that he has clear discharge
coming out of his ears.
,Health Assessment Exam 3: Ear, Nose,
Mouth, Throat Review Questions and
Answers (Latest 2025)
The nurse is assessing a client who has a hearing
impairment. How should the nurse communicate with this
client?
A) Use a low tone and speak slowly.
B) Use a normal tone of voice and speak slowly.
C) Speak loudly with a normal rate.
D) Face the client and speak slowly. - Correct Answer ✅ D)
Face the client and speak slowly.
When the client is able to see your face they are better able
to understand you. Speaking slowly ensures that they are
able to understand and can ask you to repeat when
necessary.
When examining the ear with an otoscope, the nurse notes
that the tympanic membrane should appear:
A) light pink with a slight bulge.
, Health Assessment Exam 3: Ear, Nose,
Mouth, Throat Review Questions and
Answers (Latest 2025)
B) pearly gray and slightly concave.
C) pulled in at the base of the cone of light.
D)whitish with a small fleck of light in the superior portion -
Correct Answer ✅ B) pearly gray and slightly concave.
The tympanic membrane is a translucent membrane with a
pearly gray color and a prominent cone of light in the
anteroinferior quadrant, which is the reflection of the
otoscope light. The tympanic membrane is oval and slightly
concave, pulled in at its center by the malleus, which is one
of the middle ear ossicles.
The nurse needs to pull the portion of the ear that consists of
movable cartilage and skin down and back when
administering eardrops. This portion of the ear is called the:
A) auricle.
B) concha.
C) outer meatus.
D)mastoid process. - Correct Answer ✅ A) auricle.
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