A Patient Returns from Surgery with a Tracheostomy Tube After

question 1

Multiple Choice

A patient returns from surgery with a tracheostomy tube after a total laryngectomy and radical neck dissection. In caring for the patient during the first 24 hours after surgery, the priority nursing action is to

• A) avoid changing the tracheostomy ties.
• B) clean the inner cannula every 8 hours.
• C) monitor for bleeding around the stoma.
• D) assess the airway and breath sounds.

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Definitions:

Disease

A condition that negatively affects the structure or function of part or all of an organism, and is not due to any external injury.

Karyogenesis

The process of nucleus formation in cells, especially during cell division.

Distal

Situated farthest from the point of attachment or origin, as of a limb or bone.

Dorsal

Pertaining to the back side of the body or organ, opposite of ventral, which is the front side.