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The nurse is assessing the functioning of a chest tube drainage system in a client who has just returned from the recovery room following a thoracotomy with wedge resection. Which are the expected a... ssessment findings? Select all that apply. - ANS-Drainage system maintained below the client's chest 4. 50 mL of drainage in the drainage collection chamber 5. Occlusive dressing in place over the chest tube insertion site 6. Fluctuation of water in the tube in the water seal chamber during inhalation and exhalation The nurse is assisting a health care provider with the removal of a chest tube. The nurse should instruct the client to take which action? - ANS-Perform the Valsalva maneuver. The nurse caring for a client with a pneumothorax and who has had a chest tube inserted notes continuous gentle bubbling in the water seal chamber. What action is most appropriate? - ANS-Check for an air leak, because the bubbling should be intermittent [Show More]
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