A nurse is supervising a student as they perform suctioning on a postoperative client who recently underwent surgery for a tracheostomy.

Which of the following actions by the student would cause the nurse to intervene?

Ramanpreet Kaur Sidhu

ID: 137304

Question

A nurse is supervising a student as they perform suctioning on a postoperative client who recently underwent surgery for a tracheostomy. 
 
   Which of the following actions by the student would cause the nurse to intervene? 
 
   Ramanpreet Kaur Sidhu   
 
 ID: 137304

Answer

The wall suction is set at 90 mm Hg

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The student uses a rotating motion as the catheter is advanced

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The student stops advancing the catheter when the client coughs

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The student hyper-oxygenates the client before and after suctioning

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