The nurse is caring for a client post-cholecystectomy with common duct exploration who has a t-tube. The nurse will be responsible for keeping the t-tube:
1. clamped.
2. covered with dressings.
3. patent.
4. attached to continuous suction.
Answer: 3
1. It is only clamped as ordered by the physician.
2. Only the insertion site is covered with a dressing.
3. Since the t-tube keeps the common bile duct open and promotes bile flow until edema has subsided, it needs to be kept patent.
4. It drains by gravity, not suction
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