The nurse is performing nasotracheal suctioning on a medical patient and obtains copious amounts of secretions from the patient's airway, even after inserting and withdrawing the catheter several times. How should the nurse proceed?
A) Continue suctioning the patient until no more secretions are obtained.
B) Perform chest physiotherapy rather than nasotracheal suctioning.
C) Wait several minutes and then repeat suctioning.
D) Perform postural drainage and then repeat suctioning.
Ans: C
Feedback:
If additional suctioning is needed, the nurse should withdraw the catheter to the back of the pharynx, reassure the patient, and oxygenate for several minutes before resuming suctioning. Chest physiotherapy and postural drainage are not necessarily indicated.
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