The Nurse Is Assisting the Physician with Insertion of a New

question 29

Multiple Choice

The nurse is assisting the physician with insertion of a new tracheostomy tube.The physician asks for the obturator.The nurse correctly hands the physician which device?

• A)The guide for the tracheostomy tube to be inserted
• B)The scalpel used to make the tracheotomy stoma
• C)A single-cannula tracheostomy tube
• D)A cuffed tracheostomy tube

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