The nurse is caring for a patient who received opioids for sedation during his procedure. After the procedure the patient experiences oversedation that required the administration of a reversal agent. Which agent would the nurse administer?
a. flumazenil
b. naloxone
c. Benadryl
d. epinephrine
B
If a patient is oversedated, be prepared to administer emergency medications or reversal agents (e.g., naloxone [Narcan] [reversal of opioids] or flumazenil [Romazicon] [reversal of benzodia-zepines]). Other support drugs may also be given. Benadryl would be given for an allergic reac-tion.
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