The nurse is caring for a client scheduled for colon surgery. Appropriate information to provide the client regarding general anesthesia includes:
1. It is administered directly to the skin, or injected into a specific area
2. It produces minimal depression of the level of consciousness
3. It allows the client to retain the ability to consciously maintain a patent airway
4. It blocks awareness centers in the brain
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Rationale: Regional anesthesia, specifically topical or local anesthesias, are applied directly to the skin or injected into a specific area and is used for minor surgical procedures
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