A migrant worker presents to the emergency department with signs of an acute, recent organophosphate poisoning exposure. Which treatment plan should the nurse expect?
1. Treat the symptoms with echothiophate.
2. Keep the client relaxed and quiet; administer no medications.
3. Administer a stat dose of pralidoxime as an immediate antidote.
4. Give neostigmine as the antidote.
Correct Answer: 3
Rationale 1: Echothiophate is not an antidote; it would have the opposite effect.
Rationale 2: Organophosphate poisoning requires immediate life-saving interventions.
Rationale 3: The nurse should expect to administer a stat dose of pralidoxime or atropine as an immediate antidote.
Rationale 4: Neostigmine is not an antidote; it would have the opposite effect.
Global Rationale: The nurse should expect to administer a stat dose of pralidoxime or atropine as an immediate antidote. Echothiophate is not an antidote; it would have the opposite effect. Organophosphate poisoning requires immediate life-saving interventions. Neostigmine is not an antidote; it would have the opposite effect.
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