When caring for a client with a tracheostomy, the nurse should be ...

[mwit1967]

When caring for a client with a tracheostomy, the nurse should be aware of which of the following?
 
  1. Suctioning a client's tracheostomy that is less than 48 hours old requires only clean technique.
  2. The wound around the tracheostomy tube should be cleaned every 48 hours.
  3. Care of a client's new tracheostomy is not generally delegated to a nursing assistant.
  4. The gauze dressing should be cut to fit snugly around the tracheostomy tube during the dressing change.

Question 2

Your client needs to stretch all alveoli and increase the production of surfactant. The mechanism that causes this is called:
 
  1. cough.
  2. sneeze.
  3. sigh.
  4. recoil.

[irishcancer18]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: 3

Answer to Question 2

ANS: 3