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CCNS Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist

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A patient is on a ventilator. One of the newly hired nurses asks what should be done when condensation resulting from humidity collects in the ventilator tubing. The best response by the senior nurse would be to:
  1. Empty the fluid from the tubing
  2. Notify the respiratory therapist
  3. Record the amount of fluid removed from the tubing
  4. Decrease the amount of humidity
Explanation
Answer - A - The best response by the senior nurse would be to empty the fluid from the tubing. This is necessary to avoid flooding of the trachea with fluid; some systems have receptacles in the tubing to collect the fluid and others have to be temporarily disconnected while emptying the fluid.
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