While a patient is receiving hygiene care, her chest tube becomes disconnected from the water-seal chest drainage unit (CDU). Which action should the nurse take immediately?
a. Clamp the chest tube close to the insertion site.
b. Set up a new drainage system, and connect it to the chest tube.
c. Have the patient take and then hold a deep breath while the nurse reconnects the tube to the CDU.
d. Place the disconnected end nearest the patient into a bottle of sterile water.
ANS: D
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