A 6-year-old presents to the clinic holding their hand over their left eye. The parent explains that the child was playing outside with friends and their were sword fighting with sticks. The child tells the nurse practitioner “I think my friend scratched my eye.” Upon examination the child is light sensitive and unable to keep their eye open unless the lights in the room are off. The  nurse practitioner applies fluorescein stain to the child’s eye. When examining the eye with a cobalt blue filter light, the nurse practitioner notes there is a “line” of yellow fluorescein across the child’s cornea. This is indicates

An 8-year-old child presents to the clinic with their parent. During the history part of the visit, the nurse practitioner discovers that the patient has been complaining of fatigue, fever off and on for weeks, joint pain and a facial rash that worsens in the sunlight. What should the nurse practitioner suspect the diagnosis to be for this patient?

A school-age child presents to the clinic crying and covering their eye. The father reports that the patient was playing in the kitchen when a glass was accidentally dropped and shattered. The patient immediately grabbed their eye and complained of severe pain. The history from the father leads the nurse practitioner to determine that there may be a fragment of glass in the patient’s eye. What should the nurse practitioner do?

The nurse practitioner is treating a 1-year-old who has a lacrimal duct obstruction. After4 weeks of treatment with topical antibiotics along with massage and frequent cleansing of secretions, the patient’s symptoms have not improved. Which action is correct?

A toddler presents to the clinic for a wellness examination. During the cover-uncover screening the child exhibits exotropia of the right eye. The nurse practitioner should refer to a pediatric ophthalmologist to initiate which treatment?

We discussed what you might include in a first aid kit for a sports team/band or ROTC regarding tooth injury. Please list at least three (3) items that you should have in the kit and what they would be used for.

A 5-year-old child is hit in the face with a baseball bat and is brought to the clinic by the parent. An examination of their mouth reveals three avulsed front teeth.  What is the recommended treatment for this patient?

A 5-year-old presents to the clinic complaining of a sore throat. The patient has had a temperature up to 101.8ºF for the past 2 days. The assessment reveals cervical lymphadenopathy, a temperature of 100.5º F today, and the patient’s throat looks like the picture below. The nurse practitioner also notes a fine “sandpaper feeling” rash on the patient’s trunk. The patient has no drug allergies. You do not have access to a rapid strep screen. What should your treatment plan be?

A 4-year-old presents to the clinic for a possible foreign body in their left ear. The child is in no pain, has no fever or cold symptoms. Upon examination of the left ear, the nurse practitioner visualizes a small object. The object appears to be the tip of a crayon. The object is not wedged in the canal and the tympanic membrane is completely intact. What is the best way for the nurse practitioner to remove this object from the ear canal?

Module 5 included many eye and ear disorders. Which eye or ear disorder, that you might see in practice, scares you the most to take care of and why?