The nurse suctions the client's airway. Which does the nurse monitor during client suctioning as an adverse effect?
1. Fatigue
2. Anxiety
3. Coughing
4. Arrhythmias
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4. The nurse monitors the client's cardiac rhythm during suctioning for arrhythmias because transient hypoxemia induced during suctioning can precipitate arrhythmias. When arrhythmias or an irregular heart rate develop, the nurse rules out hypoxemia as a potential cause of the irregular rhythm.
1. Fatigue can occur after suctioning because suctioning induces coughing and tran-sient hypoxemia.
2 and 3. Suctioning is often unsettling for clients because it takes the client's breath away, literally, and usually induces coughing and gagging.
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