A Patient with a Pneumothorax Has a Chest Tube Inserted

question 41

Multiple Choice

A patient with a pneumothorax has a chest tube inserted and is placed on low constant suction. Which finding requires immediate action by the nurse?

• A) The patient reports pain at the chest tube insertion site that increases with movement.
• B) Fifty milliliters of blood gushes into the drainage device after the patient coughs.
• C) No bubbling is present in the suction control chamber of the drainage device.
• D) Yellow purulent discharge is seen leaking out from around the dressing site.

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