A patient with a tracheostomy is dyspneic and has coarse crackles anteriorly on auscultation.What should the nurse do first?
A) Suction the tracheostomy.
B) Perform routine tracheostomy care.
C) Administer a prn nebulized mist treatment.
D) Ask the patient to take a deep breath and cough.
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