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A patient with a pneumothorax had a chest tube inserted and was placed on low constant suction. Which finding requires immediate action by the nurse?
 
  a. Fifty milliliters of blood gushes into the drainage device after the patient coughs.
  b. The patient complains of pain at the chest tube insertion site that increases with movement.
  c. No bubbling is present in the suction control chamber of the drainage device.
  d. Yellow purulent discharge is seen leaking out from around the dressing site.
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