The Nurse Must Suction a Child with a Tracheostomy

question 39

Multiple Choice

The nurse must suction a child with a tracheostomy.Interventions should include:

• A)encouraging child to cough to raise the secretions before suctioning.
• B)selecting a catheter with diameter three fourths as large as the diameter of the tracheostomy tube.
• C)ensuring each pass of the suction catheter should take no longer than 5 seconds.
• D)allowing child to rest after every five times the suction catheter is passed.

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Definitions:

Glomeromycete

Glomeromycetes are a group of fungi that form symbiotic relationships with the roots of plants, assisting in nutrient exchange through structures known as arbuscules.

Chytridiomycete

A member of a phylum of fungi characterized by the production of flagellate cells at some stage in their life history. Also called chytrid.

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A complex carbohydrate that constitutes the primary structural component of plant cell walls.

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