Week 3 Pre-lab Assignment Epidural Quiz STUDENT

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Read the epidural analgesia article posted in the student material on Moodle. The quiz below is due at the beginning of lab. Post Test for Epidural Analgesia: What Nurses Need to Know 1. Epidural analgesia is used to o provide anesthesia o manage pain o immobilize lower extremities o enhance sedation 2. Pain management is best achieved when o local anesthetics are used alone o opioids are used alone o local anesthetics and opioids are combined o local anesthetics and opioids are given alternately 3. All medications introduced into the epidural space must o contain antimicrobial preservatives o be preservative free o be diluted o contain antioxidants 4. Bradycardia and hypotension may be due to the blocking of which nerve fibers? o sympathetic o parasympathetic o motor o sensory 5. Which local anesthetic is a drug of choice for continuous epidural infusion? o lidocaine o lidocaine with epinephrine o bupivacaine o mepivacaine 6. Epidural opioids bind to opioid receptors of the o sympathetic nerves o sensory nerves o motor nerves o spinal cord
7. Which opioid used for epidural analgesia has the shortest duration of action? o fentanyl o hydromorphone o morphine o mepivacaine 8. Compared with systemic opioids in surgical patients, epidural analgesia reduces the risk of postoperative o delirium o respiratory depression o myocardial infarction o urinary retention 9. Which is an absolute contraindication for epidural analgesia? o systemic infection o spinal deformity o previous back surgery o multiple sclerosis 10. Adverse reactions to epidural opioids include all except o pruritus o respiratory depression o vomiting o coagulopathy 11. Compared with thoracic epidural analgesia, patients receiving lumbar epidural analgesia have an increased risk of o seizures o paralysis o urinary retention o nerve damage 12. Signs and symptoms of local anesthetic toxicity include o cardiac dysrhythmias o respiratory depression o headache o hypotension
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