The Nurse Must Suction a Child with a Tracheostomy

The nurse must suction a child with a tracheostomy. Interventions should include which of the following?

A) Encourage child to cough to raise the secretions before suctioning.
B) Select a catheter with diameter three-quarters as large as the diameter of the tracheostomy tube.
C) Each pass of the suction catheter should take no longer than 5 seconds.
D) Allow child to rest after every 5 times the suction catheter is passed.