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When an Unlicensed Assistive Personnel (UAP) Assists a Client with a Chest

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When an unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) assists a client with a chest tube back to bed from the bedside commode, the plastic chest drainage unit accidently falls over and cracks.  The UAP immediately reports this incident to the nurse.  What is the nurse's immediate action?


A) Clamp the tube close to the client's chest until a new chest drainage unit is set up
B) Notify the health care provider (HCP)
C) Place the distal end of the chest tube into a bottle of sterile saline
D) Position the client on the left side

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