The nurse notes tidalling of the water level in the tube submerged in the water-seal chamber in a client with closed chest tube drainage. What should the nurse do?
a. Continue to monitor this normal finding.
b. Check all connections for a leak in the system.
c. Lower the drainage collector further from the chest.
d. Clamp the tubing at progressively more distal points from the client until the tidalling stops.
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