Focus on Nursing Pharmacology - Amy M. Karch - Chapter 27 Exam with Complete Solutions 100% Solved

Focus on Nursing Pharmacology - Amy M. Karch - Chapter 27 Exam with Complete Solutions 100% Solved amnesia - answerloss of memory of an event or procedure Analgesia - answerloss of sensibility to pain anesthesia - answerrefers not only to loss of pain but to loss of all other sensations balanced anesthesia - answeruse of combinations of drugs to accomplish what inhalation anesthetic can not do alone general anesthetics - answerproduce unconsciousness and lock of response to all painful stimuli induction - answertime from the beginning of anesthesia until achievement of surgical anesthesia local anesthesia - answeruse of powerful nerve blockers that prevents depolarization of nerve membranes, blocking the transmission of pain stimuli and in some cases, motor activity plasma esterase - answerenzyme found in plasma that immediately breaks down ester-type local anesthetics unconsciousness - answerloss of awareness of one's surroundings volatile liquid - answerliquid that is unstable at room temperature and release vapors; used as an inhaled general anesthetic usually in the form of a halogenated hydrocarbon