medium · NCLEX-RN risk-reduction
The nurse is monitoring a client with a chest tube placed for a pneumothorax. The nurse observes continuous bubbling in the water-seal chamber during both inspiration and expiration.
Which interpretation is most accurate?
- The pneumothorax is resolving as air is being evacuated from the pleural space.
- The chest tube is occluded by a clot and requires milking or stripping.
- There is a persistent air leak within the drainage system or the chest wall.
- The suction control chamber is set too high and needs to be adjusted.
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