A Nurse Is Teaching a New Emergency Department Nurse About

question 6

Multiple Choice

A nurse is teaching a new emergency department nurse about emergency medications. When asked to describe the uses of pralidoxime (Protopam) , the new nurse makes which correct statement?

• A) "It exerts its greatest effects at muscarinic and ganglionic sites."
• B) "It is used to treat poisoning by reversible cholinesterase inhibitors."
• C) "It may not be effective if not given immediately."
• D) "It reverses the effects of organophosphate insecticides in the central nervous system."

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Definitions:

Oral Stage

In psychoanalytic theory, the first stage of psychosexual development, occurring in the first year of life, where pleasure centers on the mouth.

Personality Structures

The organization of an individual's character traits, including id, ego, and superego, according to psychoanalytic theory.

Id

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the mind responsible for instinctual impulses and demands for immediate satisfaction of basic needs.

Ego

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the personality that mediates between the demands of the id, the superego, and reality.