A Patient Is Being Maintained Under Neuromuscular Blockade-Induced Paralysis

question 15

Multiple Choice

A patient is being maintained under neuromuscular blockade-induced paralysis.Analgesia is also being provided.The level of paralysis is being measured by the train-of-four method.The nurse evaluates that the patient's sedation is adequate when which response occurs?

• A)The patient moans when medications for analgesia are reduced.
• B)The patient withdraws from a series of four applications of cold water into the ear.
• C)The patient's thumb twitches twice when an electrical impulse is applied.
• D)The patient responds to at least one of four applications of digital pressure over pressure points.

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