The Nurse Must Suction a Child with a Tracheostomy

question 36

Multiple Choice

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

• A)Encouraging the child to cough to raise the secretions before suctioning.
• B)Selecting a catheter with a diameter three-fourths as large as the diameter of the tracheostomy tube.
• C)Ensuring that each pass of the suction catheter take no longer than 5 seconds.
• D)Allowing the child to rest after every 5 times the suction catheter is passed.

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