A Patient Has Had an Overdose of an Intravenous Cholinergic

question 6

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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