The nurse is caring for a patient who will receive an epidural block. What procedure is this patient likely to be having?
A) Rhinoplasty
B) Inguinal hernia repair
C) Removal of a brain tumor
D) Closed reduction of the right humerus
B
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Nerve block is a method of administering local anesthesia by injecting the anesthetic at some point along the nerve or nerves that run to and from the region in which the loss of pain sensation or muscle paralysis is desired. Several types of nerve blocks are possible.
Epidural anesthesia is an injection of the drug into the epidural space where the nerves emerge from the spinal cord. As a result, only an inguinal hernia repair would be an appropriate procedure for administering an epidural. Surgery performed about the spinal cord, such as surgery on the nose or brain, could not be anesthetized by injection of medication into the spinal cord. Closed reduction of the right humerus would not be performed using a local anesthetic.
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