Prior to her elective hip replacement surgery, the nurse is explaining the basic characteristics of general anesthesia to the patient. The nurse should perform this education in the understanding that general anesthesia is best understood as
A) a nonreversible, temporary state of unresponsiveness.
B) a state of reversible unconsciousness.
C) stage N2 non–rapid eye movement sleep.
D) stage N3 non–rapid eye movement sleep.
B
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General anesthesia is defined as a medication-induced reversible unconsciousness with loss of protective reflexes. There is the misconception that general anesthesia is a deep sleep.
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