(chest drainage of 100 ml/hour is abnormal physician should be notified) Water Seal Chamber The water seal chamber acts as a ONE-WAY valve (air goes out, none goes in). Which of the following actions should the nurse take FIRST? For the past two hours, there has been 100 ml/hour of bloody chest drainage. Pleur-evac should be maintained below the level of the chest to prevent back flow of fluid and air into the pleural spaceģ: there is no reason to decrease the level of suction A client had a thoracotomy three hours ago. "Chest tube disconnected from the Pleur-evac." 2. The nurse evaluates which of the following nursing actions is appropriate?Ĥ.
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