A critical care nurse is caring for a client with an endotracheal tube who is on a ventilator. The nurse knows that meticulous airway management of this patient is necessary. What is the rationale for this?
A) Maintaining a patent airway
B) Preventing the need for suctioning
C) Decreasing the patient's time on the ventilator
D) Increasing the patient's lung compliance
Ans: A
Feedback: Maintaining a patent (open) airway is achieved through meticulous airway management, whether in an emergency situation such as airway obstruction or in long-term management, as in caring for a patient with an endotracheal or a tracheostomy tube.
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