A patient has had an overdose of an intravenous cholinergic drug. The nurse expects to administer which drug as an antidote?
a. Atenolol (Tenormin)
b. Bethanechol (Urecholine)
c. Dobutamine
d. Atropine sulfate
ANS: D
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