A Client Has a Chest Tube

question 29

Multiple Choice

A client has a chest tube.What assessment findings require immediate intervention from the nurse?

• A) Intermittent bubbling in the water seal chamber in the client with a pneumothorax
• B) "Silent chest" in the client with a pneumothorax
• C) Tidaling in the water seal chamber in a client with a pneumothorax
• D) Bloody drainage in the tubing of a client with a hemothorax
• E) Tracheal deviation in a client after chest trauma
• F) No drainage in the chest tube of a client with a pneumothorax
• G) Constant bubbling in the water seal chamber in a client post chest surgery

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