Multiple Choice
A patient with a pneumothorax has a chest tube inserted and is placed on low constant suction. Which finding requires immediate action by the nurse?
A) The patient reports pain at the chest tube insertion site that increases with movement.
B) Fifty milliliters of blood gushes into the drainage device after the patient coughs.
C) No bubbling is present in the suction control chamber of the drainage device.
D) Yellow purulent discharge is seen leaking out from around the dressing site.
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