To reduce a client's anxiety and ease the induction of general anesthesia, which type of drug may be given prior to or in combination with anesthesia?
a. analgesia c. barbiturate
b. antiemetic d. sedative
D
Sedation is administered to clients to decrease awareness of events, to relieve anxiety, to control the physiologic changes accompanying anxiety, and to ease the induction of general anesthesia. Sedative drugs can be used alone, or they can be used in combination to produce a synergistic effect (creating an effect greater than that of a single drug).
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