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After completing this review
you should be able to demonstrate safe and effective suctioning of a
patient with a tracheostomy.
Competency Assessment:
You will be asked 
by
Maxim training staff
to demonstrate safe and
effective tracheostomy suctioning utilizing a simulated patient.
Following NC Board of Nursing competency recommendations, Maxim trainers will use a checklist for evaluating Nurses ability to:
I. Demonstrate Assessing Need for suctioning.
II. Demonstrate Preparing for suctioning procedure.
III. Demonstrate Performing safe and effective patient suctioning.
