At 0830, 10 units of NPH insulin was administered subcutaneously. What time would you expect the insulin to begin lowering the blood glucose?
A. 1245
B. 0900
C. 1030
D. 1400
Answer: C
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There are no available nursing informatics programs including doctoral degrees; therefore, nurses prepare for advanced practice through medical informatics curriculum. This answer is false because of which of the following reasons?
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The nurse is working with a paramedic who just finished assisting at the scene of a school shooting where several students were killed. Which statement by the nurse is most therapeutic?
a. "Would you like to talk about what hap-pened?" b. "Surely the department will give you the day off tomorrow." c. "At least the gunman was taken into cus-tody." d. "Let's just sit here for a while quietly."