Author Question: What are the purposes of preoperative medication? (Select all that apply.) a. To reduce anxiety ... (Read 42 times)

RYAN BANYAN · **on:** Jun 25, 2018

What are the purposes of preoperative medication? (Select all that apply.)

a. To reduce anxiety
b. To decrease mucus secretion
c. To counteract nausea
d. To synergize anesthesia
e. To enhance ventilation

Question 2

A patient diagnosed with a primary brain tumor asks the nurse if this is a common disease. Which response is most appropriate for the nurse to make?

a. Brain tumors are very rare.
b. About 40,000 people a year are diag-nosed with a primary brain tumor.
c. It doesn't really matter. We are just con-cerned with helping you.
d. Almost all primary brain tumors are ma-lignant.

Dominic · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 25, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A, B, C, D
Preoperative medications are given to reduce anxiety, decrease mucus production, counteract nausea, and enhance anesthesia. Many preoperative medications depress ventilation.

Answer to Question 2

B
About 200,000 new brain tumors are discovered each year in the United States with approx-imately 40,000 of those being primary tumors and the rest are metastatic tumors from a different site of origin. Many primary brain tumors are benign. Telling the patient his question doesn't re-ally matter is dismissive and nontherapeutic.