A Nurse Is Called to the Home of a Neighbor

question 31

Multiple Choice

A nurse is called to the home of a neighbor and finds an unconscious person still holding a medication bottle labeled pentobarbital sodium.What is the nurse's first action?

• A)Test reflexes
• B)Check pupils
• C)Initiate vomiting
• D)Establish a patent airway

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Existential Import

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