A nurse is conducting a Rinne test on a patient to assess he…
A nurse is conducting a Rinne test on a patient to assess hearing. The nurse strikes the tuning fork and places it on the patient’s mastoid bone, and the patient reports hearing the sound for 10 seconds. The nurse then moves the tuning fork in front of the patient’s ear, and the patient reports hearing the sound for 5 seconds. Based on these findings, how should the nurse interpret the results?
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