Skill Checklists for Taylor's Clinical Nursing Skills: A Nursing Process Approach

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Copyright © 2011 by Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Skill Checklists for Taylor's Clinical Nursing Skills:

SKILL 14-9

Suctioning an Endotracheal Tube:

Closed System (Continued)

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20. Suction the oral cavity with a separate single-use, disposable
    catheter and perform oral hygiene. Remove gloves. Turn off
    suction.


21. Assist patient to a comfortable position. Raise the bed rail
    and place the bed in the lowest position.


22. Reassess patient’s respiratory status, including respiratory
    rate, effort, oxygen saturation, and lung sounds.


23. Remove additional PPE, if used. Perform hand hygiene.

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