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The educator is providing a nursing staff inservice for safety education regarding patients who will have a procedure using an injected local anesthetic with epinephrine. What should the nurse include in the education?
A. Nurses should aspirate for blood return from the IV site prior to injecting into the patient
B. Using these anesthetics together promotes vasodilation in the localized tissue
C. Epinephrine, when combined with lidocaine, can be used for lacerations of the finger tips
D. Return of sensation and circulation in the area is the expected outcome