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:

Lysosomes

Organelles in eukaryotic cells containing digestive enzymes used for breaking down waste materials and cellular debris.

Suicide Sacs

Specialized organelles in cells, known as lysosomes, that contain digestive enzymes which can break down the cell upon damage or death, acting as a cellular self-destruct mechanism.

Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum

A type of endoplasmic reticulum without ribosomes, involved in lipid synthesis and detoxification processes.

Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum

A network of membranous tubules within the cell covered with ribosomes, involved in protein synthesis and modification.