After teaching a group of nursing students about opioids, the instructor determines that additional teaching is needed when the students identify which of the following as a natural opioid?
A) Meperidine
B) Morphine
C) Codeine
D) Opium
Ans: A
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Meperidine is a synthetic opioid. Natural opioids include morphine sulfate, codeine, opium alkaloids, and tincture of opium.
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