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CCRN Critical Care Nursing

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The critical care nurse is caring for a 18 year old who attempted suicide by swallowing an excess of 100 tabs of acetaminophen. What drug would the nurse expect the doctor to order to act as an antidote to the overdose?
  1. Vitamin K
  2. Epinephrine
  3. Flumazenil
  4. Acetylcysteine
Explanation
Answer: D - The nurse would expect an order for the administration of the drug Acetylcysteine to reverse the effects of the overdose of Acetaminophen. Flumazenil would be used to reverse an overdose of benzodiazepines. Epinephrine is used for anaphylactic reactions. Vitamin K is used to reverse Warfarin.
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