Exam 27: Closed Chest Drainage Systems

The patient's chest tube is attached to a one-way flutter valve that allows air to escape the chest cavity and prevents air from reentering.How does the nurse document this finding?

The nurse is caring for a patient with a chest tube connected to wall suction.To keep the tube patent,the nurse should implement which of the following? (Select all that apply. )

Appropriate intervention for the patient who is having a reinfusion of chest tube drainage is noted when the nurse:

What should the nurse do to establish a two-chamber waterless chest tube system?

The nurse is providing care for a patient with a pneumothorax.She anticipated removal of the chest tube because of the absence of an air leak for the past _____ hours.

Of the following nursing assessments,which should be reported to the primary care provider immediately by the nurse?

A pneumothorax can be caused by which of the following? (Select all that apply. )

The nurse is performing an initial assessment of a patient with a chest tube placed in the eighth intercostal space.Which of the following findings would the nurse need to assess further? (Select all that apply. )

The nurse is caring for a patient with a chest tube that was inserted 4 days earlier.She notices that the drainage is blood-tinged.What might this indicate to the nurse? (Select all that apply. )

What is indicated by continuous bubbling in the water-seal chamber with no bubbles noted in the suction-control chamber of the drainage system?