A Patient Has Received an Accidental Overdose of Intravenous Atropine

question 3

Multiple Choice

A patient has received an accidental overdose of intravenous atropine. Which drug will the nurse prepare to administer?

• A) Atenolol (Tenormin)
• B) Bethanechol (Urecholine)
• C) Dicyclomine (Bentyl)
• D) Physostigmine (Antilirium)

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Definitions:

Indicator Variable

A variable used in statistical models that takes the value 1 if a specific condition is true and 0 if it is false, often used to represent categorical data in numerical form.

Logistic Regression

A statistical method for analyzing datasets in which there are one or more independent variables that determine an outcome, which is dichotomous.

Multiple Logistic Regression

A statistical technique that models the probability of a certain outcome or event based on more than one independent variable.

Explanatory Variables

Variables in a statistical model that are believed to explain or influence changes in a response variable.