The nurse is reviewing the management of a patient with a CHEST tube drainage system with...
The nurse is reviewing the management of a patient with a CHEST tube drainage system with a student nurse. which intervention should the RN emphasize to the student?
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RN should instruct the student to never lift drain above chest level to prevent backflow and Unit and tubing should be below the patient chest level to promote easy drainage, make sure the tubing has no kinks or obstruction that stop the drainage flow. make sure that connections are tight and secure and never clamp the tube to prevent tension pneumothorax.
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Chest Tube Management You have been assigned a post-operative cardiac patient with a chest drainage tube...
Chest Tube Management You have been assigned a post-operative cardiac patient with a chest drainage tube inserted mediasternally. List the important considerations in managing a chest drainage system explain each in 20-40 words. Position of client and the drainage system Observations Insertion site care Patency for drainage system Exercise Contingencies/ Emergencies e.g. client pulling the tube out
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The nurse assesses a patient’s chest tube drainage 2 hours following thoracic surgery. The total drainage in the system is 200 mL. The nurse knows that: a. this amount of drainage is only significant if the patient is hemodynamically unstable. b. this amount of drainage requires further assessment in 30 minutes. c. this is a normal amount of drainage. d. this is an excessive amount of drainage.
The nurse is caring for a client with a chest tube who accidentally disconnects the tube...
The nurse is caring for a client with a chest tube who accidentally disconnects the tube from the drainage system when trying to get out of bed The nurse immerses the end of the tube in sterile water. What immediate action should the nurse take? Bookmark Stop 1. Obtain a new drainage systenm 2. Ask the client to hold his or her breath. 3.Place the client in a prone position. 4. Place a sterile dressing over the chest tube insertion...
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Please help answer these questions Chest tube collection divice exercise How does the chest tube collection...
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patient hits a tree and sustains blunt chest trauma. A chest tube was inserted in the...
patient hits a tree and sustains blunt chest trauma. A chest tube was inserted in the ER to treat a pneumothorax and hemothorax. You note that the drainage system has drained 400ml of light red fluid in the first 6hrs after insertion. The patient is becoming increasingly anxious and SOB during the past hour. 1. What do you anticipate to be the potential causes of his acute onset SOB at this time? What are you going to do first and...
Chest tubes are inserted following a thoracotomy and attached to a Pleur-evac water seal drainage system....
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a nurse is caring for a client who has a right-sided pneumothorax. Following chest tube insertion,...
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Active Learning Template - Nursing Skills Chest Tube Insertion and Monitoring: Care for Client's Chest Drainage...
Active Learning Template - Nursing Skills
Chest Tube Insertion and Monitoring: Care for Client's Chest
Drainage System
Chapter 18 in the ATI med surg book.
description of skill
Indications
Nursing Interventions
outcomes/evaluation
client education
potiential complications
nursing interventions due to the “potiential
complications
Nursing Skill
The nurse is caring for a client with a chest tube who accidentally disconnects the tube from the drainage system when trying to get out of bed The nurse immerses the end of the tube in sterile water. What immediate action should the nurse take? Bookmark Stop 1. Obtain a new drainage systenm 2. Ask the client to hold his or her breath. 3.Place the client in a prone position. 4. Place a sterile dressing over the chest tube insertion...
The nurse is caring for a client who has a chest tube attached to a closed-chest drainage system. It would be a priority for the nurse to monitor the client for 01. tracheal deviation pain at the insertion site 03. subcutaneous emphysema 04. redness or swelling at the insertion site
Active Learning Template - Nursing Skills
Chest Tube Insertion and Monitoring: Care for Client's Chest
Drainage System
Chapter 18 in the ATI med surg book.
description of skill
Indications
Nursing Interventions
outcomes/evaluation
client education
potiential complications
nursing interventions due to the “potiential
complications
Nursing Skill
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