A patient is going on a cruise and asks the nurse practitioner for a medication for motion sickness. The nurse practitioner should anticipate providing education on which medication that would be ordered?
a. Ipratropium (Atrovent)
b. Atropine (Sal-Tropine)
c. Acetylcholine (Miochol)
d. Scopolamine
ANS: D
Scopolamine suppresses emesis and motion sickness.
Ipratropium is used to treat asthma and is not indicated for motion sickness.
Atropine does not suppress emesis and motion sickness.
Acetylcholine does not suppress emesis and motion sickness.
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