Which situation should the nurse expect to see in the drainage system shortly after a chest tube is inserted into a client with a pneumothorax?

Which situation should the nurse expect to see in the drainage system shortly after a chest tube is inserted into a client with a pneumothorax?
a. Bubbling in the water seal chamber immediately after insertion ????
b. No evidence of movement of the fluid in the tube
c. Vigorous bubbling in the suction control chamber
d. Large amount of bloody drainage in the drainage collection chamber

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