The nurse would prepare a client with emphysema who has a ruptured emphysematous bleb for
A) chest percussion.
B) chest tube insertion.
C) incentive spirometry.
D) intubation.

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Spontaneous pneumothorax may develop from rupture of an emphysematous bleb. This results in a closed pneumothorax and requires chest tube insertion for reexpansion of the lung.

The Nurse Would Prepare a Client with Emphysema Who Has