The Student Nurse Does an Operating Room Rotation and Notes

question 12

Multiple Choice

The student nurse does an operating room rotation and notes that many clients receive succinylcholine (Quelicin) . The student nurse asks the nursing instructor how the drug works. What is the best response by the nursing instructor?

• A) "The client will need to be monitored with an electrocardiogram (ECG)."
• B) "The client's cardiac muscle will be impacted as well as the respiratory muscles."
• C) "The client will need assistance with breathing; it paralyzes respiratory muscles."
• D) "The client will rapidly lose consciousness when this drug is administered."

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