A client who is being mechanically ventilated has copious amounts of secretions ranging from thick ...

Correct Answer: 4
Rationale 1: Hyperventilating the client will likely serve to force secretions back into the respiratory tract.
Rationale 2: Hyperventilating the client will likely serve to force secretions back into the respiratory tract.
Rationale 3: There is no need to instill normal saline into the tube of a client with copious frothy secretions.
Rationale 4: The nurse should avoid hyperventilation and should increase the oxygen to 100 for several breaths prior to initiating suction. Hyperventilating a client who has copious secretions can force the secretions deeper into the respiratory tract.