Assignment task:
The nurse prepares a client for a scheduled cesarean birth. The client tells the nurse about receiving medications in the operating room before having major surgery several years ago. The client asks if similar medications will be given before this surgery. Which is the nurse's best response? Need Assignment Help?
1. "You will not receive any medications before the cesarean procedure is performed."
2. "You will receive higher amounts of sedatives and hypnotics than you would be given before general surgery."
3. "Narcotics are usually not given prior to a cesarean birth but are given after the baby is born."
4. "The medications given before a cesarean birth are similar in type and dosages to those given before general surgery."