A Patient Has Had an Overdose of an Intravenous Cholinergic

question 3

Multiple Choice

A patient has had an overdose of an intravenous cholinergic drug. The nurse expects to administer which drug as an antidote?

• A) atenolol (Tenormin)
• B) bethanechol (Urecholine)
• C) dobutamine
• D) atropine sulfate

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Definitions:

Molar Heat

The amount of heat energy required to raise the temperature of one mole of a substance by one degree Celsius.

P Orbitals

Atomic orbitals described by quantum mechanics having a dumbbell shape and oriented along the x, y, and z axes, involved in forming pi bonds.

Relative Energies

Comparative measure of the energy levels of molecules in different states or configurations.

π Molecular Orbitals

Orbitals formed by the overlap of p-orbitals across adjacent atoms, involved in pi bonding, crucial for the understanding of conjugated systems.