The nurse is preparing a patient for surgery. The patient received a hypnotic medication the night prior and the nurse is administering midazolam (Versed) and atropine. The patient asks why all of these medications are necessary
The nurse will tell the patient that they are given for which reason?
a. To decrease the amount of general anesthesia needed
b. To minimize post-operative drowsiness
c. To prolong the anesthetized state
d. To speed up anesthesia induction
ANS: A
Balanced anesthesia includes giving a hypnotic the night prior to surgery, premedication with an opioid analgesic or benzodiazepine plus an anticholinergic, and then a short-acting barbiturate, an inhaled gas, and a muscle relaxant. One effect of this is to decrease the amount of general anesthetic needed. It may reduce post-operative nausea and vomiting, but does not decrease drowsiness. It does not affect the duration of anesthesia, which is dependent on the length of time the inhaled gas is given, or the rate of induction.
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