The Student Nurse Does an Operating Room Rotation and Notes

question 23

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

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