The Client Has Intractable Pain, and the Physician Has Proposed

question 14

Multiple Choice

The client has intractable pain, and the physician has proposed a nerve block. The nurse plans to teach the client about nerve blocks. Which statement would be included in the best plan of the nurse?

• A) A nerve block enhances the effect of most of the endogenous opioids.
• B) A nerve block depresses the activity of the sympathetic nervous system.
• C) A nerve block modifies sensory information being sent to the spinal cord.
• D) A nerve block stops pain transmission along the nerve to stop the pain.

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