Which intervention would the nurse anticipate to be prescribed initially if a client arrives at the emergency room with a foreign body in the left ear that has been determined to be an insect?
Insects are killed before removal unless they can be coaxed out by a flashlight or a humming noise. Mineral oil or diluted alcohol is instilled into the ear to suffocate the insect. which then is removed by using forceps. When the foreign object is vegetable matter. irrigation is not used because this material expands with hydration and the impaction becomes worse.
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