Narcan has been given to the heroin addict with respiratory depression. The nurse is alert for indications of:
1. acute withdrawal symptoms.
2. respiratory arrest.
3. hypotensive crisis.
4. cardiac arrest.
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Narcan is an opioid antagonist that causes the opioid to fall from receptor sites. When an-tagonist is given, the sudden loss of the opioid causes acute withdrawal to occur.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis REF: 1279
OBJ: 4 TOP: Medications—Narcan
KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity
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