The Patient has a nutritional dose of Humalog insulin of 5 units before each meal, plus Humalog insulin per sliding scale.

Blood Glucose Level sliding scale

(mg per dL) Humalog Insulin

If less than 70 and symptomatic administer 1 mg Glucagon IM then call MD 150-200 2 units

201-250 4 units

251-300 6 units

301-350 8 units

351-40010 units

Greater than 400 Call MD

The patient's meal has been delivered. the nurse checks the patient's pre-meal blood sugar, and the result is 64 mg/dL.

The patient is awake, and alert. and able to swallow. The next step the nurse should take is:

What diagnostic test should the nurse anticipate for an older patient who is vomiting "coffee-ground" emesis?

Which finding indicates to the nurse that demeclocycline is effective for a patient with a syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (SIADH)?

A 46-year-old female patient returns to the clinic with continued dysuria after being treated with trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole for 3 days. Which action will the nurse plan to take?

A hospitalized patient who is diabetic received 38 U of NPH insulin at 7:00 AM. At 1:00 PM, the patient was away from the nursing unit for 2 hours, missing the lunch delivery while awaiting a chest x-ray.

What is the best action by the nurse to prevent hypoglycemia?

Which information will the nurse include when teaching a patient who has type 2 diabetes about glyburide?

Which finding by the nurse will be most helpful in determining whether a 67- yr-old patient with benign prostatic hyperplasia has an upper urinary tract infection (pyelonephritis)?

A patient calls the clinic to report a new onset of severe diarrhea. What should the nurse anticipate that the patient will need to do?

Which clinical manifestation should the nurse anticipate for a patient admited to the hospital with diabetes insipidus?

Which action by the patient who is self-monitoring blood glucose indicates a need for additional teaching?

A 68-year-old female client is being seen for follow-up wound care on her right lower leg. During her visit, the client states she hasn't had a bowel movement since her last visit a week ago. The client states she hasn't had much of an appetite in the past few days and says, "l figure I don't have anything in there to come out." The nurse auscultates the client's abdomen and hears hyperactive high-pitched bowel sounds in the upper left quadrant and hypoactive bowel sounds in the lower left quadrant. The nurse collaborates with the primary health care provider and the client is directly admitted to the hospital for possible intestinal obstruction. Before going to the hospital, the client asks the nurse what to expect. Which of these statements by the nurse (is) most likely accurate?

Select all that apply.