Chest tubes:

Question 1

What are some conditions that would need a chestube?

Answer 1

Pnuemothorax: Air in plueral space (collapsed lung)
Hemothorax: Blood in the plueral space, may or may not occur in conjunction with a pnuemothorax

Question 2

How would you want to position your patient who has a pneumothorax?

Answer 2

Lay on good side
protect their respiratory angel dont squash the remaining air out of the bad lung- lay patient on their good side

Question 3

How would you position your patient who has a hemothorax?

Answer 3

position on bad side
protect their innocent healthy lung, lay on bad lunch and squash the bloody little devil

Question 4

what should the nurse never do when draining a chest tube?

Answer 4

never strip a chest tube: milk or clamp a chest tube without a physicians order
* make sure there is no kinks in the tubing

Question 5

what finding do we need to report to the health care provider?

Answer 5

if the chestube fills up to 100cc’s or greater in an hour

Question 6

where should the chestube be in the patients room?

Answer 6

lower than chest level, on the end of the bed.