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A 35-year-old patient with a chest tube for a pneumothorax due to a gunshot wound is expressing chest tightness and pain, shortness of breath, an increased heart rate, and distended jugular veins. What is the nurses initial action?a. Notify the physician immediatelyb. Determine that chest tubes are not clamped, kinked or occluded.c. Prepare immediately for another chest tube insertiond. obtain a flutter valve or large-gauge needle for short-term emergency release of air from the intrapleural space
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