The Student Nurse Does an Operating Room Rotation and Notes

question 29

Multiple Choice

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

• A) "It causes the patient to rapidly lose consciousness."
• B) "It increases cardiac output by raising the heart rate."
• C) "It interferes with impulse transmission, resulting in total anesthesia from the pain of surgery."
• D) "It reduces the amount of general anesthetic needed for procedures."

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Definitions:

Ventrolateral

Relating to the front and side of a bodily structure, often used in reference to specific parts of the brain or the body.

Thalamus

A midline symmetrical structure within the brain that relays sensory and motor signals to the cerebral cortex.

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Persistent or recurrent pain that lasts beyond the usual course of acute illness or injury, often lacking a clear cause.