Question

The nursing instructor is conducting a class discussion on the various agents used during labor and delivery to assist the client. The instructor determines the class is successful after the students correctly choose which factor as true about the use of systemic analgesia?

Answer 1

Benzodiazepines enhance pain relief attained with opioids and cause sedation.

Step-by-step explanation:

Systemic analgesia is considered an alternative method and is indicated when there are contraindications to regional blocks or in the absence of resources to perform them. Analgesics can be administered by various routes, such as intramuscular, inhalation and intravenous, but the latter allows rapid therapeutic effect and, consequently, dose titration. In systemic analgesia benzodiazepines increase pain relief obtained with opioids and cause sedation, leaving the patient totally unconscious.