NCLEX Practice Question: Quiz No 409 with Rationale and Answer

NCLEX Practice Question: Quiz No 409 with Rationale and Answer

A Nurse is attending a patient who is receiving epidural analgesia, complains of nausea & loss of legs motor function. The nurse checks his blood pressure and note a drop in his blood pressure from the reading previously recorded. At this stage,  which complication is the patient most likely experiencing???

1) Infection at the catheter insertion site

2) Epidural catheter migration
3) Side effect of the epidural analgesic
4) Spinal cord damage

Correct Answer:
2) Epidural catheter migration

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Rationale of This NCLEX Quiz :

The patient is exhibiting signs of epidural catheter migration, which include nausea, a decrease in blood pressure, and loss of motor function without an identifiable cause. 

Signs of infection at the catheter site include redness, swelling, and drainage. Loss of motor function is not a typical side effect associated with epidural analgesics. 

These are common signs of catheter migration, not spinal cord damage.