title: What is the current consensus or standard of practice for nurses removing chest tubes in a postoperative setting?
authors.affiliation: Mission Hospital, Mission Viejo, Calif, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kirkwood
mesh_terms: D015505:Chest Tubes; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D003422:Critical Care / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D024802:Nurse's Role; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000451:nursing* / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D013041:Specialties, Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards*; D013907:Thoracostomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000451:nursing*