A patient who received epidural anesthesia for surgery develops hypotension during the procedure. The nurse realizes that which of the following will be done to support this patient?
1. Provide normal saline intravenously with medications to stimulate venous return.
2. Increase the amount of anesthesia being provided.
3. Increase pain medication.
4. Prepare to intubate the patient.
Provide normal saline intravenously with medications to stimulate venous return.
Rationale: Hypotension can occur during the surgical procedure in patients who receive epidural anesthesia. Hypotension is avoided with the administration of normal saline intravenously and with medications that have a strong alpha-adrenergic effect to stimulate venous return. The patient should not have an increase of anesthesia nor should the patient be provided with more pain medication. There is nothing to indicate that the patient needs to be intubated.
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