An adult is admitted with a pneumothorax following an accident. Immediately after insertion of a chest tube, the client says to the nurse, 'Why do I have a tube in my chest and that thing hanging on the side of the bed? I don't like it.' What should the nurse include when replying to the client?

C Explain that the chest tube will remove air and/or fluid from the pleural cavity and allow the lung to reexpand D Tell the client that the nurse will contact the physician to have it removed A Tell the client that the chest tube helps the client take bigger breaths B Focus on the client's feelings