The client presents in the emergency room with constricted pupils, slurred speech, drowsiness, and respirations of 8/min. The person who accompanied the client to the emergency room reports the client had taken an unknown quantity of meperidine (Demerol) tablets 30 minutes earlier. Which medication should the nurse anticipate giving the client?"
a. Methadone
b. Phenytoin (Dilantin)
c. Naloxone (Narcan)
d. Diazepam (Valium)
Ans: c. Naloxone (Narcan)
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ANS: