For a patient having a supraglottic laryngectomy, one major postoperative difficulty is:
1. teaching the patient to use an assistive device to speak.
2. coughing without letting food escape through the tracheostomy.
3. tracheostomy care, because the patient will always have to have one.
4. teaching the patient to swallow without aspiration.
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The supraglottic laryngectomy patient may never be able to swallow correctly. This could easily lead to aspiration pneumonia.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: 1233
OBJ: 5 TOP: Nursing Care of the Patient with a Supraglottic Laryngectomy
KEY: Nursing Process Step: Planning MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity
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