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Administering Ear Drop

This document provides instructions for administering ear drops. It lists the necessary equipment, including medication bottles, cotton balls, and gloves. It describes assessing the ear canal and assessing the client's knowledge before administering drops. The procedure involves washing hands, positioning the client, pulling the pinna, instilling the prescribed number of drops into the ear canal, massaging the ear, keeping the client in position for 10-15 minutes, then documenting in the medication chart. Maintaining asepsis and properly positioning the client ensures the safe and effective delivery of the medication.

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Administering Ear Drop

This document provides instructions for administering ear drops. It lists the necessary equipment, including medication bottles, cotton balls, and gloves. It describes assessing the ear canal and assessing the client's knowledge before administering drops. The procedure involves washing hands, positioning the client, pulling the pinna, instilling the prescribed number of drops into the ear canal, massaging the ear, keeping the client in position for 10-15 minutes, then documenting in the medication chart. Maintaining asepsis and properly positioning the client ensures the safe and effective delivery of the medication.

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Administering Ear Drop

Indications:
1. To treat ear infection
2. Soften ear wax
Equipments:
1. Medication bottle with dropper
2. Cotton-tipped applicator
3. Cotton ball (optional)
4. Clean glove (optional! onl" if client ha dicharge)
#. Medication ad$initration record.
Assessment
1. %eview precriber& order for n'$ber of drop to intill and which ear (left! right or both) i to
receive $edication
2. (e condition of external ear tr'ct're and canal! hearing i$pair$ent
3. (e client& level of )nowledge regarding dr'g therap" and $otivation to elf-ad$initer
$edication
Procedure.
*o +roced're %ationale
1. ,and h"giene before prepare e-'ip$ent %ed'ce tran$iion of $icroorgani$
2. .reet client To etablih rapport with patient
3. /xplain proced're ,elp client anticipate the experience of proced're
to red'ce anxiet"
4. %eview $edication heet
1. %ight Client
2. %ight $edicine
3. %ight doe
4. %ight ti$e
#. %ight ro'te and which ear! right! left or both)
The legal written record of dr'g client i to
receive.
/n're right client receive $edication
/n're right dr'g i ad$initered
/n're right doe of dr'g
/n're right ti$e dr'g i ad$initered
/n're afe and correct ad$initration of
$edication
#. 0ah and dr" hand 1ecreae tran$iion of $icroorgani$
2. +oition client in lateral poition with ear to be treated
facing 'pward or it in chair3bed ide. *'re ho'ld
tabili4e client with one hand.
1. 5or ad'lt and children over age 3! gentl" p'll the
pinna 'p and bac).
+oition provide ea" acce to ear for intillation
of $edication. /ar canal i in poition to receive
$edication. Stabili4ing the head pro$ote afet"
d'ring intillation with a dropper.

2. 6n children below 3! the pinna ho'ld be p'lled
down and bac).

7. 6ntill precribed drop holding dropper 1c$ above ear
canal
5orcef'l intillation of drop into occl'ded canal
can ca'e in8'r" to eardr'$
9. () client to re$ain in lateral poition for #-1:
$in'te. (ppl" gentle $aage3pre're to trag' of
ear with finger.

*;T/< if $edication i order for both ear! a) the
client to ta" in the ide-l"ing poition for at leat 1:
$in'te after the doe before t'rning to the other ide.
(llow co$plete ditrib'tion of $edication.
+re're and $aage $ove $edication inward.
=. (it client to co$fortable poition %etore co$fort
1:. Clear e-'ip$ent
11. 0ah and dr" hand 1ecreae tran$iion of $icroorgani$
12. 1oc'$ent in the $edication chart

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