The nurse caring for a client who has a pneumothorax notes continuous bubbling in the water seal chamber of the client's closed-chest drainage system. The nurse determines that which of the following is occurring?
A) The pneumothorax is resolving.
B) The drainage chamber is full.
C) The suction to the system is shut off.
D) There is an air leak somewhere in the system.
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