A mother brings her 2 year old son to the clinic because he has been crying and pulling on his earlobe for the past 12 hours. The childs oral temperature is 101.2 degrees. Which intervention should the nurse implement?
- Apply a topical abt to the periauricular area
- Provide a parent education to prevent recurrence
- Ask the mother if the child has had a runny nose
- Cleanse purulent exudate from the affected ear canal