Clients receiving local anesthetic agents frequently experience: ...

[berenicecastro]

Clients receiving local anesthetic agents frequently experience:
 
  a. fetal bradycardia, if pregnant. c. central nervous system stimulation.
  b. allergic reactions. d. itching in the area of anesthesia.

Question 2

To decrease the likelihood of headaches following spinal anesthesia, the nurse should:
 
  a. give aspirin every four hours.
  b. keep the client lying in a recumbent position and offer frequent fluids.
  c. feed the client as soon as possible.
  d. reassure the client that nobody gets spinal headaches anymore.

[stano32]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: D

Feedback
A Incorrect: This response only occurs in the event of systemic infiltration of the local anesthetic.
B Incorrect: This is not a frequent response to local anesthesia.
C Incorrect: This response only occurs in the event of systemic infiltration of the local anesthetic.
D Correct: This is a frequent response resulting from the local anesthetic being confined to a limited area.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B

Feedback
A Incorrect: This is an inappropriate action to prevent spinal headache.
B Correct: Maintaining the client in a recumbent position allows for rebalancing of spinal fluid and offering frequent fluids helps replaced lost spinal fluid during the puncture to instill spinal anesthesia.
C Incorrect: This will not prevent a spinal headache.
D Incorrect: This is a false statement.

[berenicecastro]

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