A Nurse Is Discussing the Use of Benzodiazepines as Sedative-Hypnotic

question 8

Multiple Choice

A nurse is discussing the use of benzodiazepines as sedative-hypnotic agents with a group of nursing students. A student asks about the actions of these drugs in the central nervous system. The nurse makes which correct statement?

• A) "Benzodiazepines affect the hippocampus and the cerebral cortex to cause anterograde amnesia."
• B) "Benzodiazepines depress neuronal functions by acting at a single site in the brain."
• C) "Benzodiazepines induce muscle relaxation by acting on sites outside the central nervous system."
• D) "Benzodiazepines promote sleep through effects on the limbic system."

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