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He nurse is caring for an irritable, lethargic 18-month-old child who swallowed several over-the-counter (otc) antihistamine tablets an hour ago. what intervention should the nurse implement

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The correct answer is initiate gastric lavage.

This is a procedure also called stomach pumping which includes the process of cleaning out the contents of the stomach. The most commonly, this technique is used on people who ingested a poison or overdosed on a drug.


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