The Patient Has an Extensive History of Alcoholism

question 3

Multiple Choice

The patient has an extensive history of alcoholism.He is having coronary bypass surgery.While administering anesthesia,the certified nurse anesthetist notes that the patient requires higher-than-usual amounts of the drug.The nurse correctly evaluates this response as what phenomenon?

• A)The nurse anesthetist most likely did not calculate the correct amount of anesthesia for this patient.
• B)The patient has developed a paradoxical reaction to the anesthesia,and will require a different drug.
• C)The patient has developed a resistance to the anesthesia,so it will not work very well.
• D)The patient had developed cross-tolerance to the anesthesia,and will require higher amounts.

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Definitions:

Seriations

The cognitive ability to arrange objects in an ordered series, typically by size, which is a key component of logical thinking in children's development.

Heuristics

Problem-solving strategies that use a practical approach or shortcuts to produce solutions that are not perfect but sufficient for the immediate goals.

Transductive Reasoning

A type of thinking commonly seen in early childhood where the child makes connections between unrelated events.

Cause-Effect Relationships

The principle of causality that establishes the relationship between something that happens (the cause) and the thing that happens as a result (the effect).