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6 years ago
The perinatal nurse understands that the purpose of combining an opioid with a local anesthetic agent in an epidural is primarily for which of the following?
 
  A.
  Decrease the number of side effects
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  Increase the intensity of the block
  C.
  Increase the total anesthetic volume
  D.
  Preserve more maternal motor function
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ANS: D
Combining an opioid with a local anesthetic agent reduces the total amount of anesthetic required and helps to preserve a greater amount of maternal motor function.
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