Author Question: Management of the client with a chest tube includes: 1. maintaining the drainage system above the ... (Read 54 times)

Medesa · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

Management of the client with a chest tube includes:

1. maintaining the drainage system above the client's chest level.
2. emptying the drainage from the system every 8 hours.
3. assessing the client's breath sounds and respiratory function.
4. turning the drainage system over to move drainage into the next chamber.

Question 2

The nurse caring for a client with uncomplicated cholelithiasis anticipates that the client's laboratory test results will show an elevation in which of the following?

1. Serum amylase
2. Alkaline phosphatase
3. Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC)
4. Indirect bilirubin

lolol · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: 3

Answer to Question 2

2. Alkaline phosphatase

Rationale:
Obstructive biliary disease causes a significant elevation in alkaline phosphatase. Obstruction in the biliary tract causes an elevation in direct bilirubin, not indirect bilirubin. The client's serum amylase and MCHC are unrelated.