A client is admitted to the hospital for surgery. The nurse is explaining major routes of applying local anesthesia to the client. Which routes should be included in the teaching?(Select all that apply.)
1. Spinal
2. Topical
3. Epidural
4. Tendon block
5. Infiltration
1, 2, 3, 5
Rationale 1: The five major routes for applying local anesthetics are topical, infiltration, nerve block, spinal, and epidural.
Rationale 2: The five major routes for applying local anesthetics are topical, infiltration, nerve block, spinal, and epidural.
Rationale 3: The five major routes for applying local anesthetics are topical, infiltration, nerve block, spinal, and epidural.
Rationale 4:Tendon block is not a major route of local anesthesia.
Rationale 5: The five major routes for applying local anesthetics are topical, infiltration, nerve block, spinal, and epidural.
Global Rationale: The five major routes for applying local anesthetics are topical, infiltration, nerve block, spinal, and epidural. A tendon block is not a major route for applying local anesthetics.
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