You’re about to do your focused assessment on your new s/p CABGpatient with a mediastinal chest tube.
Name 3 things that you must routinely assess (or look for) whenyour patient has a chest tube in that you normally would notassess. (For example, breath sounds does not count because you willalways assess breath sounds.) Explain how you wouldassess each.
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