A Child Needs a Breathing Treatment and Suctioning to Produce

question 2

Multiple Choice

A child needs a breathing treatment and suctioning to produce a sputum specimen.Which is correct?

• A) You can give the breathing treatment.
• B) An RN or respiratory therapist tells you what breathing treatment to give.
• C) The nurse suctions the trachea for the specimen.
• D) You can assist by suctioning the trachea.

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Definitions:

Average Value

A statistical measure that describes the central tendency or typical value of a set of numbers, often calculated as the sum of the values divided by the number of values.

Trait

A specific characteristic of an organism, which can be physical like height or color, or behavioral, often influenced by both genetics and environment.

Genetic Drift

A random process that causes allele frequencies in a population to change over generations without influence from natural selection.

Natural Selection

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