A patient with type 2 diabetes who takes oral hypoglycemics at home is
admitted to the hospital with an infection and asks why insulin
injections have been prescribed. Which explanation would the nurse
provide?
(Ans- The infection increases the glucose level, resulting in a need for
more insul...
A patient with type 2 diabetes who takes oral hypoglycemics at home is
admitted to the hospital with an infection and asks why insulin
injections have been prescribed. Which explanation would the nurse
provide?
(Ans- The infection increases the glucose level, resulting in a need for
more insulin.
The nurse would encourage a patient newly diagnosed with type 2
diabetes to limit intake of which foods to help reduce the percent of fat
in the diet?
(Ans- Cheese (b/c of fat content)
a college student, newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, has a
headache, changes in vision, and is anxious, but does not have a
portable glucose monitor with him or her. Which action would the
campus nurse advise the patient to take?
(Ans- Eat 15 g of simple carbohydrates.
Which pathologic change is the cause of microaneurysms in no
proliferative retinopathy?
(Ans- Partial blood vessels occlusion
, Which findings are associated with type 1 diabetes mellitus? Select all
that apply.
(Ans-
Excessive thirst
Frequent urination
Unexplained weight loss
Which complication can cause hypoglycemic unawareness?
(Ans- Diabetic Neuropathy
A patient diagnosed with type 1 diabetes has had elevated blood sugar
readings each morning for the past four days. Which intervention by the
nurse would be performed initially?
(Ans- Check the PT blood sugar at 3:00am (could be caused by the
Somogyi effect)
After administering glucagon to an unconscious patient, the nurse
would place the patient in which position?
(Ans- Side-lying
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