While a patient is paralyzed with neuromuscular blockers, which assessment finding would the nurse expect?
1. Essentially unconscious
2. Heavily sedated but conscious
3. Stuporous but can be aroused
4. Remains conscious
Question 2
When tubocurarine is administered, the nurse will first see paralysis of:
1. the levator muscle of the eyelid and muscles of mastication.
2. the muscles in the lower extremities.
3. the muscles of respiration and the diaphragm.
4. the muscles controlling sphincters.