The nurse, caring for a patient with an endotracheal tube, recognizes that there are several disadvantages of an endotracheal tube. What would the nurse recognize as a disadvantage of endotracheal tubes?
A) Mobility is limited.
B) The patient is unable to speak.
C) The patient requires oxygen support.
D) The cough reflex is depressed.
Ans: D
Feedback: There are several disadvantages of an endotracheal tube. Disadvantages include suppression of the patient's cough reflex, thickening of secretions, and depressed swallowing reflexes. With an endotracheal tube in place it is true that mobility is limited and the patient is unable to speak; however, from a nursing standpoint, these are not considered disadvantages of an endotracheal tube. Requiring oxygen is also not a disadvantage of endotracheal tubes.
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