A nurse is assisting a physician during a cesarean section for a client. The client is administered epidural anesthesia. Which of the following is an advantage of epidural anesthesia?
A) It counteracts the effects of conscious sedation.
B) It decreases the risk of gastrointestinal complications.
C) It prevents clients from remembering the initial recovery period.
D) It acts on the central nervous system to produce loss of sensation.
Ans: B
Epidural anesthesia is a regional anesthesia administered to a client before surgery; it decreases the risk of gastrointestinal complications in clients. Reversal drugs are medications that counteract the effects of those used for conscious sedation. General anesthesia acts on the central nervous system to produce loss of sensation; it prevents clients from remembering their initial recovery period.
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