Exam 46: Diabetes Mellitus and Hypoglycemia

The teaching plan for a patient with diabetes is focused on smoking cessation and the control of hypertension for the avoidance of microvascular complications,such as: (Select all that apply.)

The teaching plan for a patient with diabetes for foot care would include that the patient should: (Select all that apply.)

The patient comes to the diabetes clinic and confides to the nurse that she does not follow the diet exchange program that she was given.The nurse responds:

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.The nurse responds:

The nurse explains that type 1 diabetes mellitus is a disease in which the body does not produce enough insulin; consequently,the blood glucose is elevated because of the:

The nurse instructs a patient about how insulin affects blood glucose.(Arrange the events in sequence.)

The teaching plan for a 22-year-old woman taking rosiglitazone (Avandia)would include a caution relative to:

The nurse assigned to care for a patient with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)is aware that this is a life-threatening condition that results in:

A patient who has been diagnosed with endogenous hypoglycemia most likely has:

The nurse reminds the patient with type I diabetes to rotate the insulin injection sites to prevent ___________________________.

The patient with type 1 diabetes has an insulin order for NPH insulin,35 U,to be given at 7 AM.The patient has also been instruction not to take anything by mouth (NPO)in preparation for laboratory work that will not be drawn until 10 AM.The nurse should:

The young patient complains that diabetes is causing her to "have no life at all.It's too hard." The most helpful response is:

When the 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." The nurse responds that the level of hemoglobin A1c:

When a patient newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus asks the nurse why she has to take a pill instead of insulin,the nurse replies that in type 2 diabetes mellitus,the body makes insulin but:

The nurse administering Humulin R 20 U at 7 AM is aware that this drug will peak in:

A patient has come into the emergency department accompanied by a friend who states that the patient had been acting very strange and seems confused.The friend states that the patient has diabetes and takes insulin.The nurse assesses for signs of hypoglycemia which are:

A patient tells the nurse that she eats "huge" amounts of food but stays hungry most of the time.The nurse explains that hunger experienced by persons with type 1 diabetes is caused by the:

Whipple triad,which is the diagnostic criterion for hypoglycemia not associated with diabetes mellitus,is described as follows: (Select all that apply.)

The nurse is drawing up a teaching plan for a patient who has type 1 diabetes.The physician has ordered two types of insulin,10 U of regular insulin and 35 U of neutral protamine Hagedorn (NPH)insulin.The proper procedure is to:

The self-care goal of the patient with diabetes is to keep the blood sugar level normal.Hyperglycemia occurs when: