A client has a new tracheostomy. Which interventions should the nurse include when performing tracheostomy care?

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A client has a new tracheostomy. Which of the following interventions should the nurse include when performing tracheostomy care?

Select one:

a. Remove soiled dressing with sterile gloves.

b. Suction the tracheostomy before beginning care.

c. Change tracheostomy ties when soiled.

d. Clean disposable inner cannula with hydrogen peroxide.

The correct answer is: C. Change tracheostomy ties when soiled.

Explanation:

Tracheostomy is a procedure done to patients that have an obstruction in their mouth or throat, and/or have trouble breathing because of swelling, an injury or pulmonary conditions, to open the airway and aid breathing. The opening is made by an incision in the windpipe, then a tube is inserted to keep the incision open.

It is a very common procedure, and both the patient and the nurse need to take good care of the hygiene of the tracheostomy tube.

Option C is correct because tracheostomy ties should be changed when soiled or once a day, securing the new ties before removing the old ones to avoid accidental decannulation.

interphase

the period of cell growth when the cell synthesizes new molecules and organelles. the cell is not dividing and it constitutes the majority of the time spent in the cell cycle

prophase

changes occur in the nucleus and cytoplasm. the chromatin condenses to form structures (sister chromatids) visible with a light microscope and the mitotic spindle begins to form, but the nucleus is still in tact

prometaphase

the nuclear envelope fragments and the spindle microtubules attach to the kinetochores of the sister chromatids

metaphase

all the cell's duplicated chromosomes are lined up at an imaginary plane equidistant between the poles of the mitotic spindle

anaphase

begins when sister chromatids separate from each other and ending when a complete set of daughter chromosomes arrives at each of the two poles of the cell

telophase

the daughter nuclei form at the two poles of a cell

cytokinesis

the division of a cytoplasm to form two separate daughter cells. usually occurs during telophase during mitosis. this and mitosis make up to mitotic (m) phase of the cell cycle