While caring for a client with a chest tube, which nursing assessment would alert the nurse to a possible complication?
A) Skin around tube is pink.
B) Bloody drainage is seemed in the collection chamber.
C) Absence of bloody drainage in the anterior/upper tube
D) Crackling is heard when skin around tube is touched.
D
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Subcutaneous emphysema is the result of air leaking between the subcutaneous layers not serious complication but is notable and reportable. Pink skin and blood in the collection chamber are normal findings. When two tubes are inserted, the posterior or lower tube drains fluid, whereas the anterior or upper tube is for air removal.
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