Sterile suctioning
Sterile suctioning ( 24 Questions)
Donning personal protective equipment (PPE) is the priority action before performing sterile suctioning. This helps prevent the transmission of infection from patient to nurse and vice versa.
Preoxygenating the patient with 100% oxygen is essential before nasopharyngeal suctioning, but the priority action is to ensure the nurse's safety by using PPE.
Obtaining baseline data on vital signs and secretions is an important step, but it can be done after the nurse has ensured their safety with appropriate PPE.
Inserting the catheter into the artificial airway using sterile technique is part of the procedure but should be preceded by wearing proper PPE to maintain a sterile environment.
Choice A rationale:
Donning personal protective equipment (PPE) is the priority action before performing sterile suctioning. This helps prevent the transmission of infection from patient to nurse and vice versa.
Choice B rationale:
Preoxygenating the patient with 100% oxygen is essential before nasopharyngeal suctioning, but the priority action is to ensure the nurse's safety by using PPE.
Choice C rationale:
Obtaining baseline data on vital signs and secretions is an important step, but it can be done after the nurse has ensured their safety with appropriate PPE.
Choice D rationale:
Inserting the catheter into the artificial airway using sterile technique is part of the procedure but should be preceded by wearing proper PPE to maintain a sterile environment.