A client requires an opioid antagonist after receiving an overdose of an opioid agent. The nurse anticipates that the client will be ordered:
a. pentazocine.
b. ibuprofen.
c. naloxone.
d. probenecid.
ANS: C
Narcan is a opioid antagonist used with overdose or oversedation caused by opioids.
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