The nurse is providing care to a patient on mechanical ventilation with an endotracheal tube.The nurse carefully inflates the cuff of the endotracheal tube using the minimal leak method,knowing that a properly inflated cuff provides which benefits to the patient? (Select all that apply. )

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A cuff on an endotracheal tube prevents the escape of air between the tube and the walls of the trachea and reduces aspiration when a patient is receiving mechanical ventilation.The goals of correctly inflating the cuff on an artificial airway are to promote lung inflation for mechanical ventilation,prevent aspiration of gastric contents,and at the same time allow drainage of secretions that accumulate between the epiglottis and the cuff.

The Nurse Is Providing Care to a Patient on Mechanical