A patient has just been visited by the anesthesiologist who will provide anesthesia during the patient's abdominal surgery the next day. The patient says, "I think I heard the doctor say something about hypnosis. I don't believe in all of that."
How should the nurse respond?
1. "Hypnosis is a standard method of relaxing the patient before anesthesia is started."
2. "That just means the drugs are going to make you unaware of what is happening."
3. "The doctor needs to block all of your reflexes so the surgeon can do the surgery."
4. "This is not the same as the kind of hypnosis you might see on television."
5. "The doctors do not want you to remember the pain of your procedure."
Correct Answer: 2,4
Rationale 1: This is not the interpretation of the word hypnosis as it applies to general anesthesia.
Rationale 2: This statement is a good description of hypnosis as it applies to general anesthesia.
Rationale 3: Blocking of reflexes is the "loss of reflexes" portion of balanced anesthesia and is not the same as the hypnosis portion.
Rationale 4: This is a true statement.
Rationale 5: While this is a true statement, it does not reflect the concept of hypnosis as it pertains to general anesthesia.
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