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1. You respond that intraoperative awareness occurs: B. In one-fifth of one percent of surgeries. 2. Mrs. Parks' daughter says that she recently learned about BIS monitors in a nursing class. She wants to know how useful they are in preventing intraoperative awareness. You respond: D. They may be useful, but research has shown them to be less than 100% effective. 3. Mrs. Parks asks if she has to have general anesthesia for her hip surgery, or if there is another option. You respond: B. Regional anesthesia may be a possibility, and the anesthesiologist or nurse anesthetist will discuss the options with her before surgery.
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