The nurse working with a child with laryngotracheobronchitis is offering the child tiny medicine cups of fluid and giving stickers and prizes for meeting goals related to intake of fluid. All this effort on the part of the nurse to get the child to drink more fluid is because the fluid is needed to:

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Loosening secretions is a key treatment strategy for laryngotracheobronchitis (croup), as it helps to alleviate the symptoms by making it easier for the child to breathe and cough up the thick mucus associated with the condition.

The Nurse Working with a Child with Laryngotracheobronchitis Is Offering