While caring for a client with a chest tube, which nursing assessment would alert the nurse to a possible complication?
a) Bloody drainage is seemed in the collection chamber.
b) Crackling is heard when skin around tube is touched.
c) Skin around tube is pink.
d) Absence of bloody drainage in the anterior/upper tube
Answer: b) Crackling is heard when skin around tube is touched.
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