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The nurse is caring for a client with a new tracheostomy. which assessment finding requires the nurses immediate action?

User Yehudahs
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Notify the health care provider immediately.

If a tracheostomy tube is pulsating with the client's heart rate, this could indicate proximity to the innominate artery and may cause erosion of the artery if left in this position. The provider should be notified immediately. Reapplying the ties, changing the inner cannula, and increasing the inflation pressure of the cuff are all interventions that will not solve the immediate problem of proximity of the tube to the innominate artery.

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