Exam 50: Diabetes and Hypoglycemia

A patient with type 1 diabetes asks why his 0700 insulin has been changed from NPH insulin to 70/30 premixed insulin.What is the best explanation by the nurse that explains about 70/30 insulin mixture?

What should a teaching plan about foot care include for a patient with diabetes? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse reminds a patient with type I diabetes to rotate the insulin injection sites to prevent ______.

A patient has been admitted to the hospital with the diagnosis of DKA.What vital signs should a nurse anticipate that the patient will exhibit?

As part of a teaching plan in preparation for discharge, a patient with type 1 diabetes needs guidelines for exercise.Which guideline should be included?

A nurse is formulating a teaching plan for a 22-year-old woman taking rosiglitazone (Avandia).What should the nurse include information about in this plan to caution this patient?

A patient has come to the physician's office after finding out that her blood glucose level was 135 mg/dL.She states that she had not eaten before the test and was told to come and see her physician.She asks the nurse if she has diabetes.What is the most accurate nursing response?

How long does it take for Humulin R 20 units to peak?

A patient has been admitted with hyperglycemic hyperosmolar nonketotic syndrome (HHNS).The blood glucose level is very high (880 mg/dL)on admission.The physician believes that the condition is the result of large amounts of glucose solutions administered intravenously (IV)during renal dialysis.What should the nurse anticipate that the patient would exhibit?

A patient with type 2 diabetes shows a blood sugar reading of 68 at 6 AM.What action should the nurse implement based on the reading of 72 mg/dL?

When a patient with type 2 diabetes says, "Why in the world are they looking at my hemoglobin? I thought my problem was with my blood sugar." What should the nurse explain about the level of hemoglobin A1c?

What has most likely occurred in a patient who has been diagnosed with endogenous hypoglycemia?

What should a nurse include when drawing up a patient's diabetes teaching plan?

The self-care goal of a patient with diabetes is to keep the blood sugar within normal limits.What causes hyperglycemia to occur?

How is the Whipple triad described? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse explains that type 1 diabetes mellitus is a disease in which the body does not produce enough insulin.What is the reason that the blood glucose is elevated?

A patient has come into the emergency department accompanied by a friend who states that the patient had been acting very strangely and seems confused.The friend states that the patient has diabetes and takes insulin.Which signs of hypoglycemia might the nurse assess?

A teaching plan for a patient with diabetes is focused on smoking cessation and the control of hypertension for the avoidance of microvascular complications.What are examples of microvascular complications? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse instructs a patient about how insulin affects blood glucose.______ (Arrange the events in sequence.Do not separate answers with a space or punctuation.Example: ABCD.)

A nurse assigned to care for a patient with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)is aware that this is a life-threatening condition.What will DKA result in?