Exam 27: Nursing Management: Upper Respiratory Problems

The nurse enters the room of a patient who has just returned from surgery for a total laryngectomy and radical neck dissection and notes the following problems. In which order should the nurse address the problems?

After completing discharge instructions for a patient with a total laryngectomy, the nurse determines that additional instruction is needed when the patient says,

After discussing care of upper respiratory infections (URI) and prevention of secondary infections with a patient who has a URI, the nurse determines that additional teaching is needed when the patient says

The teaching plan for a patient with acute sinusitis will need to include which of the following interventions? (Select all that apply.)

A patient with an uncuffed tracheostomy tube coughs violently during suctioning and dislodges the tracheostomy tube. The nurse's first action should be to