Question

the nurse is assessing the functioning of a chest tube drainage system in a client with a chest injury who has just returned from the recovery room following a thoracotomy with wedge resection. which are the expected assessment findings? select all that apply.

Answer 1

The correct answer choice which is the expected assessment findings about the assessment of the functioning of a chest tube drainage system in a client with a chest injury who has just returned from the recovery room following a thoracotomy with wedge resection is:

Drainage system maintained below the client's chest.

Option 3 is the correct answer

In order words, the correct assessment finding for this health problem is drainage system maintained below the client's chest

What is thoracotomy?

In medicine, when the chest is diagnosed to have some diseases or health defect, a surgical incision will done on it by by surgeon. This surgery done on chest is called thoracotomy.

So therefore, the correct answer choice which is the expected assessment findings about the assessment of the functioning of a chest tube drainage system in a client with a chest injury who has just returned from the recovery room following a thoracotomy with wedge resection is:

Drainage system maintained below the client's chest.

Option 3 is the correct answer

Complete question:

The nurse is assessing the functioning of a chest tube drainage system in a client who has just returned from the recovery room following a thoracotomy with wedge resection. Which are the expected assessment findings?

1. Excessive bubbling in the water seal chamber

2. Vigorous bubbling in the suction control chamber

3. Drainage system maintained below the client's chest

4. 50 mL of drainage in the drainage collection chamber

5. Occlusive dressing in place over the chest tube insertion site

6.Fluctuation of water in the tube in the water seal chamber during inhalation and exhalation

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