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Comprehensive Questions ( 17 Questions)

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While suctioning the ET tube of a spontaneously breathing patient, the nurse notes that the patient develops bradycardia with premature ventricular contractions. What should the nurse do first?

A Stop the suctioning and assess the patient for spontaneous respirations.

B Attempt to resuction the patient with reduced suction pressure and pass time.

C Stop the suctioning and ventilate the patient with slow, small-volume breaths using a bag-valve-mask (BVM) device.

D Stop suctioning and ventilate the patient with a BVM device with 100% oxygen until the heart rate returns to baseline.

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