What is the course of action

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Problem: A chest tube was placed in the trauma bay in a patient that sustained a pneumothorax after an MVC. The chest tube is currently to water seal. The nurse practitioner is assessing the tube and notes continual bubbling through the water seal chamber. What is the course of action?

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