Which assessment should indicate the necessity for a nurse to suction a patient with a tracheos-tomy?
a. Becomes restless and has increases in vital signs
b. Has decreased peak airway pressure
c. Shows diaphoresis
d. Is coughing frothy mucus
A
The patient signals the need for suctioning by increased restlessness and an increase in vital signs. Peak airway pressures increase when suctioning is necessary. Frothy mucus is an expectation.
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