General Surgery Links for Nurses
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Chest tube management:

  1. Chest tubes Deborah Lazzara Nursing2002, reasons for insertion, how chest drainage systems work, patient assessment, preparing the patient and the equipment, helping with chest tube insertion, reassessment, ongoing care and troubleshooting possible complications
  2. Chest Tubes CS Solutions
  3. Chest tube care Damian, RN
  4. Chest tube care Nurse Bob
  5. Sample nursing procedures for insertion and care of chest tubes
    1. Chest tube underwater seal drainage nursing procedure, Lismore Hospital ICU, New South Wales, Australia
    2. Chest tube insertion and care Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport

 

 

 

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Copyright © 2000 Gail Waldby, MD, General Surgery, Sioux Falls, South Dakota and Livingston, Montana, USA
All rights reserved Last modified April 3, 2005
Thanks to Gabriele Ford, RN, Eugene, Oregon, for help assembling these links.
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