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Deffense [45]
1 year ago
6

As a nurse is aspirating the contents during a tube feeding, the nurse finds that the tube is clogged. what would be appropriate

nursing interventions in this situation?
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1 answer:
Gwar [14]1 year ago
6 0

The appropriate nursing intervention should be changing the tube and inserting a new tube.

<h3>What is Suction?</h3>

Devices are occasionally required in medicine to produce suction. To allow a patient to breathe, suction may be used to empty the airway of secretions such as blood, saliva, vomit, or other liquids. Lung infections that can be caused by pulmonary aspiration can be avoided with suctioning. Suction is used in pulmonary hygiene to eliminate fluids from the airways, improve breathing, and stop the growth of bacteria. Aspirators are frequently used to define small suction-producing devices.

Suction equipment might be mechanical hand pumps, battery- or electricity-powered devices, or both. Suction is often administered in a lot of hospitals and other healthcare facilities by suction regulators that are linked to a central medical vacuum supply through a pipeline system.

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