Multiple Choice
The nurse is caring for a client with diabetes who is scheduled for a mastectomy at 1:00 PM today and it is now 8:30 AM. The client uses insulin to control blood glucose and has been NPO since midnight. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
A) Withhold the usual scheduled insulin dose because the client is NPO.
B) Obtain a blood glucose measurement before any insulin administration.
C) Administer the usual insulin dose because stress will increase the blood glucose.
D) Administer a lower dose of insulin because there will be no oral intake before surgery.
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