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A Patient Receiving Large Doses of Opioids Is Lethargic and Difficult

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A patient receiving large doses of opioids is lethargic and difficult to arouse, with a respiratory rate of 6 per minute and constricted pupils. Which medication should the nurse anticipate being prescribed?


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Population

The entire aggregation of items or individuals from which samples can be drawn for statistical analysis.

Measure of Variability

A statistic that describes the degree to which scores in a distribution spread out or cluster together, such as range, variance, or standard deviation.

Statistic

A numerical measure that describes a characteristic of a sample derived from a larger population.

Asymmetrical

Lacking symmetry; when two sides or halves of something do not match or are not equal in shape, size, or composition.

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