A nursing instructor has completed teaching a class on anesthesias used during labor. Which of the following was identified by a student as a form of regional anesthesia would indicate to the instructor that further teaching is needed?
a. General block c. Spinal block
b. Epidural d. Subarachnoid block
A
If a student identified that general block was one of the forms of regional anesthesia, the instructor would be alerted to the need for further teaching. Regional anesthesia include the epidural, spinal block, and subarachnoid block. There is no general block; however, another form of anesthesia is general anesthesia.
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