While caring for the patient and his or her family preoperatively the nurse makes times to listen to their fears and to describe the sensations that the patient can expect. What sensations would the nurse describe for the patient and the family?
A) The anesthetic
B) Postoperative pain medications
C) Preoperative sedation
D) Morphine
E) Demerol
Ans: A, B, C
Feedback: It is often helpful to describe to the patient the sensations that he or she can expect. It is necessary to describe the preoperative sedation, the anesthetic, and the postoperative pain medications. The nurse would not describe the sensation of morphine or Demerol.
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