A nurse caring for a patient with a tracheostomy should determine whether the patient needs suctioning by:

A nurse caring for a patient with a tracheostomy should determine whether the patient needs suctioning by:

The nurse recognizes that, immediately before a tracheostomy cuff deflation, the patient should:

A nurse is preparing to suction the airway of a client who has a tracheostomy. Identify the sequence of actions the nurse should take after performing hand hygiene. (Move the steps into the box on the right, placing them in the selected order of performance. Use all the steps.)

A nurse performing oral suctioning on an adult patient should set the wall suction machine so that the suction pressure is between:

The nurse performing tracheostomy care will:

The nurse instructing the patient to perform forceful exhalation coughing would instruct the patient to take in:

A patient requires suctioning via the nasotracheal route. In order to perform this procedure safely, the nurse should:

A nurse is reinforcing preoperative teaching for a client about coughing and deep breathing. Which of the following statements should the nurse make?

The nurse recognizes that a postoperative patient who can breathe independently but has trouble maintaining an airway because of the tongue falling back into the throat would be best benefitted by a(n)

A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a newly licensed nurse about the manifestations of hypoxia. Which of the following findings should the nurse include in the teaching?