The nurse would prepare a client with emphysema who has a ruptured emphysematous bleb for
a. chest percussion.
b. chest tube insertion.
c. incentive spirometry.
d. intubation.
B
Spontaneous pneumothorax may develop from rupture of an emphysematous bleb. This results in a closed pneumothorax and requires chest tube insertion for reexpansion of the lung.
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