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The Educator Has Discussed with a Nurse the Protocol for the Immediate

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The educator has discussed with a nurse the protocol for the immediate availability of naloxone for a client with a patient-controlled analgesia PCA pump. Which statement made by the nurse indicates an understanding of the information?


A) "Naloxone (Narcan) enhances the effect of the opioid in the patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pump and increases analgesia."
B) "Naloxone (Narcan) is the antidote if an anaphylactic reaction to the opioid in the patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pump occurs."
C) "Naloxone (Narcan) is available to treat any systemic side effects, like constipation, of the opioid in the patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pump."
D) "Naloxone (Narcan) will reverse the effects of the narcotic in the patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pump if an overdose occurs."

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