MCSA Student Nurses Have Just Completed a Class on Anticholinergic

question 9

Multiple Choice

MCSA Student nurses have just completed a class on anticholinergic drugs, and their mechanisms of action. What statement about atropine by a student indicates understanding of the content?

• A) "Atropine is an anticholinergic that works by interacting with mescarinic receptors."
• B) "Atropine is an anticholinergic that works by potentiating the effects of cholinesterase."
• C) "Atropine is an anticholinergic that works by competing for muscarinic receptor sites."
• D) "Atropine is an anticholinergic that works by decreasing the effects of cholinesterase."