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A client is brought to the emergency department via emergency services after being found in their car unresponsive to any stimuli. The nurse evaluating the client notices that they have slow, shallow breathing, are unresponsive to painful stimuli, and have pinpoint pupils. Which medication does the nurse anticipate the provider will prescribe for this client? a. Naloxone b. Chlordiazepoxide c. Methadone d. Disulfiram 

   A client is brought to the emergency department via emergency services after being found in their car unresponsive to any stimuli. The nurse evaluating the client notices that they have slow, shallow breathing, are unresponsive to painful stimuli, and have pinpoint pupils. Which medication does the nurse anticipate the provider will prescribe for this client?
a. Naloxone
b. Chlordiazepoxide
c. Methadone
d. Disulfiram
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Pharmacology for Nurses
Pharmacology for Nurses
Tina Barbour-Taylor,… 1st Edition
Chapter 15, Problem 4 ↓

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A client is brought to the emergency department via emergency services after being found in their car unresponsive to any stimuli. The nurse evaluating the client notices that they have slow, shallow breathing, are unresponsive to painful stimuli, and have pinpoint pupils. Which medication does the nurse anticipate the provider will prescribe for this client? a. Naloxone b. Chlordiazepoxide c. Methadone d. Disulfiram
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