When Providing Discharge Instructions for the Family and Patient with a Tracheostomy

question 8

Multiple Choice

When providing discharge instructions for the family and patient with a tracheostomy, which statement indicates the caregiver understands the instructions?

• A) "He cannot resume normal activities as long as he has the tracheostomy in place."
• B) "I will clean the site under the tracheostomy plate with half-strength hydrogen peroxide at least twice daily."
• C) "I can suction the trachea as often as necessary to decrease secretions coming from the tube."
• D) "When he is ready for decannulation, I will bring him back in to have the stoma sutured closed."

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Definitions:

Null Hypothesis

A default statement that indicates no effect or no difference, used as a starting point for statistical hypothesis testing.

Directional Hypothesis

A hypothesis that outlines the anticipated direction of the difference or relationship.

Critical Value

A threshold in a statistical test that defines the boundary for deciding whether an observed statistic is extreme enough to reject the null hypothesis.

Alpha

A threshold value used in hypothesis testing to determine the significance level at which the null hypothesis is rejected in favor of the alternative hypothesis.