A client is having surgery tomorrow and the nurse is discussing the plan of care for surgery. Which statement by the client indicates understanding of the preoperative teaching?
1. "I will probably feel pain during the procedure."
2. "I won't feel a thing because I will be asleep."
3. "I will lose consciousness, movement, and memory."
4. "I will retain all memory of my procedure."
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Rationale 1:The goal of general anesthesia is to provide a rapid and complete loss of sensation.
Rationale 2:General anesthesia is the loss of sensation to the entire body.
Rationale 3: The goal of general anesthesia is to provide a rapid and complete loss of sensation. Signs of general anesthesia include total analgesia (no feeling of pain) and loss of consciousness, memory, and body movement. Although these signs are similar to those of sleeping, general anesthesia and sleep are not exactly the same. General anesthetics stop all nervous activity in the brain, whereas sleeping stops activity in only very specific areas. In fact, some brain activity actually increases during sleep.
Rationale 4:The goal of general anesthesia is to provide a rapid and complete loss of sensation and loss of consciousness, memory, and body movement.
Global Rationale: The goal of general anesthesia is to provide a rapid and complete loss of sensation. Signs of general anesthesia include total analgesia (no feeling of pain) and loss of consciousness, memory, and body movement. Although these signs are similar to those of sleeping, general anesthesia and sleep are not exactly the same. General anesthetics stop all nervous activity in the brain, whereas sleeping stops activity in only very specific areas. In fact, some brain activity actually increases during sleep.
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