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A postoperative patient has a right-sided pleural chest tube connected to a chest drainage device. There is continuous bubbling in the suction-control chamber of the wet-suction collection device. Which action would the nurse take? Adjust the dial on the wall regulator. Notify the surgeon of a possible pneumothorax. Continue to monitor the collection device. Document the presence of a large air leak.

Name: a postoperative patient has a right sided pleural chest tube connected to a chest drainage device there is continuous bubbling in the suction control chamber of the wet suction collection de 82623
Uploaded: 2022-05-09T21:07:56-08:00
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Description: a postoperative patient has a right sided pleural chest tube connected to a chest drainage device there is continuous bubbling in the suction control chamber of the wet suction collection de 82623

          A postoperative patient has a right-sided pleural chest tube
connected to a chest drainage device. There is continuous bubbling
in the suction-control chamber of the wet-suction collection
device. Which action would the nurse take?
Adjust the dial on the wall regulator.
Notify the surgeon of a possible pneumothorax.
Continue to monitor the collection device.
Document the presence of a large air leak.

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A postoperative patient has a right-sided pleural chest tube connected to a chest drainage device. There is continuous bubbling in the suction-control chamber of the wet-suction collection device. Which action would the nurse take? Adjust the dial on the wall regulator. Notify the surgeon of a possible pneumothorax. Continue to monitor the collection device. Document the presence of a large air leak.