A nurse gives a client 10 units of insulin lispro at 0630. When should the client have breakfast?

The nurse is preparing to administer a client’s warfarin sodium 5 mg PO at 1900. Upon entering the client’s room, the nurse finds several large, new ecchymotic areas on the client’s extremities.

What should be the nurse’s initial action?

The nurse is educating a client who has been newly prescribed acarbose in addition to repaglinide for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes.
Which statement made by the client indicates that the teaching has been effective?

A nurse is educating a patient with diabetes mellitus about the chronic complications associated with the disease. What information should be included in the teaching?

The nurse is caring for a client who has just returned to the nursing unit following a below-the-knee amputation (BKA) of the right leg.
How should this client be positioned?

The nurse is aware that a client taking an antibiotic that causes diarrhea should be taught about:

The nurse is caring for a patient with a diagnosis of chronic peripheral arterial disease. Which statement by the patient warrants immediate intervention by the nurse?

The nurse is teaching an adult patient with Type 1 diabetes that a primary cause of the development of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is:

A newly admitted client has been prescribed trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.
The nurse understands that this medication is contraindicated based on which lab result?

The nurse teaches a diabetic patient how to perform foot care.
Which action by the patient would indicate that they can correctly perform foot care?