Ear, Nose and Throat Nursing: Anatomy and Physiology of the Ear, Hearing Tests, Wax, Deafness and Allergic Rhinitis
An ENT nursing module that opens with the anatomy and physiology of the ear, nose and throat and the way sound reaches the inner ear, then takes the bedside tests - otoscopy, the whisper test, Weber and Rinne and audiometry with frequency, pitch and the pure tone average. The conditions follow: wax in the ear, deafness and its types, allergic rhinitis, acute and chronic otitis media, cholesteatoma, extoses, labyrinthitis, vertigo, endolymphatic hydrops and the definitions of conductive hearing loss and dizziness, with the nursing care and the surgery that each of them needs.
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