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  1. Question on chest tubes!

    nathaliav posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hello everyone! I have a question: For a client who is post right upper lobe lung resection via a video assisted thoracoscopy (VATS), why does he/she require 2 chest tubes inserted in the right chest?...

  2. Question on chest tubes!

    nathaliav replied to nathaliav's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thank you so

  3. Question on chest tubes!

    nathaliav replied to nathaliav's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Well first off, there are 2 questions that i need to answer: 1) The 2 chest tubes are attached to dual chamber chest drainage unit. How does this work? When it says "dual" does that mean that its just...

  4. Question on chest tubes!

    nathaliav replied to nathaliav's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I totally understand where you're coming from, and in fact I emailed me professor about this question too. Just waiting on his reply... If I added that the patient has 2 chest tubes, therefore he/she...

  5. Question on chest tubes!

    nathaliav replied to nathaliav's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    okay I see, so what you would do is mark the drainage on the atrium... and then get a new CDU ready, clamp tubes securely and momentarily, then replace the CDU and unclamp... Is this correct? The...

  6. Question on chest tubes!

    nathaliav replied to nathaliav's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    ahh of course, thank you! that really helped!