Multiple Choice
A nurse caring for a patient with a tracheostomy should determine whether the patient needs suctioning by:
A) monitoring the rate of respirations.
B) determining the last time the patient was suctioned.
C) examining the character of the sputum.
D) auscultating the breath sounds.
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