The nurse should teach parents of a preschool child with type 1 diabetes that which can raise the blood glucose level?

a. Exercise
b. Steroids
c. Decreased food intake
d. Lantus insulin


ANS: B
Parents should understand how to adjust food, activity, and insulin at the time of illness or when the child is treated for an illness with a medication known to raise the blood glucose level (e.g., steroids). Exercise, insulin, and decreased food intake can cause hypoglycemia.

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